tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246801426821066145.post6930135608806417837..comments2024-01-31T20:45:40.520+00:00Comments on Slow Lane Shuffle: And poetry - part 2Rachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246801426821066145.post-45352926563020507742011-09-01T20:57:23.520+01:002011-09-01T20:57:23.520+01:00You're welcome.
xYou're welcome.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246801426821066145.post-44201875417554521242011-09-01T13:25:34.803+01:002011-09-01T13:25:34.803+01:00I really need to read more Dickinson, I think.
...I really need to read more Dickinson, I think. <br /><br />My niece has that "I'm nobody" as her hotmail address, but I did not know the full poem.<br /><br />I had to laugh though - you could insert an "l" into the final word and it would bring it right into the 21st Century.<br /><br />Thanks for reading my poem. I needed that.<br /><br />KatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246801426821066145.post-29924834508798236132011-08-22T08:18:33.101+01:002011-08-22T08:18:33.101+01:00I think it might be partly that my Mum gave me a l...I think it might be partly that my Mum gave me a lot of 'ought's (in a very quiet way... "oughtn't you be doing something marvellous today, dear"... she once suggested I be Prime Minister, no really). And now that pressure has gone and I can do sweet nothing... and it's not that I've not done it before (just now I don't even need a cover story!).<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246801426821066145.post-91776782266891902902011-08-21T21:29:39.545+01:002011-08-21T21:29:39.545+01:00I like Dickinson and find her sparky and sparkling...I like Dickinson and find her sparky and sparkling! I do tend to the black though.<br /><br />How come hope is so homespun wise? <br />'Whenever I feel myself with an "I dunno" moment, it's because I'm somehow out of sync with what's really important in life vs. what everyone thinks I ought to be doing.' <br />It's that 'ought', isn't it? Because most times we create for ourselves the 'ought' that we think others are thinking. Oops, losing it now, I'll just insert some dashes and retreat - - -<br />Marion was talkng about plateaus. I like wandering the veldt and every so often finding a waterhole. I've gone about three months without finding one now.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246801426821066145.post-26887540626041060122011-08-21T08:12:15.148+01:002011-08-21T08:12:15.148+01:00I don't find her too gloomy - and I like the s...I don't find her too gloomy - and I like the sharpness of her sometimes.<br /><br />The presenter of the programme added after the poem's reading something like "or should that be blog these days?" So witty...<br /><br />As for what I feel like writing... as I said in the last post... I just feel a bit directionless in this area... and before we went away I was quite happy working away on poetry regularly... so I feel a bit... unemployed. And look what's happened to my punctuation now!! Worse than ever!<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246801426821066145.post-59411041915703711192011-08-21T02:58:24.455+01:002011-08-21T02:58:24.455+01:00Heyup, I'm less a fan of ED, though my daughte...Heyup, I'm less a fan of ED, though my daughter is surely a distant rellie - such gloomy poetry.. I digress...so write what you feel like writing - too much trying to fathom owt just gets in the way, I find.Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246801426821066145.post-15216599003168305592011-08-20T17:11:18.625+01:002011-08-20T17:11:18.625+01:00You're such a sweetheart! And you're not w...You're such a sweetheart! And you're not wrong - there is no rush.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246801426821066145.post-59927485619583446862011-08-20T16:55:46.961+01:002011-08-20T16:55:46.961+01:00I have not been AWOL...my computer went nuts! I&#...I have not been AWOL...my computer went nuts! I've just discovered that my Blog List wasn't working right...I didn't think you'd started a new blog and stopped all in a week! :)<br /><br />As for writing poems, do what YOU feel is best. Personally, I think "I dunno" often follows the death of someone close. Life doesn't feel the same because it's not. Your Mom played a huge part of your life and that space must be noticeable every day to some extent.<br /><br />Grief is personal. There's no timetable or "right way" to handle it. When, and if, you feel like poetry again, it'll flow. I hope you don't feel that writing it is mandatory before that point arrives.<br /><br />Take care of you...and life will unfold at your pace. Whenever I feel myself with an "I dunno" moment, it's because I'm somehow out of sync with what's really important in life vs. what everyone thinks I ought to be doing. We rush through too much of it as it is. Take your time. We'll still be here. xxhopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246801426821066145.post-20785280779183651132011-08-20T16:21:55.324+01:002011-08-20T16:21:55.324+01:00Interesting thought... it's possible I'm j...Interesting thought... it's possible I'm just being lazy too (with me that's always a possibility). <br /><br />Today I just finished a book about reading to children ('The Reading Promise'). Think you might like it Ken - I'll be writing about it next week or so.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246801426821066145.post-51643360139208576712011-08-20T14:07:02.083+01:002011-08-20T14:07:02.083+01:00The phrase which springs into my head as I read th...The phrase which springs into my head as I read these posts is this, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." :)<br /><br />Don't *prevent* yourself from writing a poem, on principle, if you feel one stirring, will you? I know you won't.Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.com