Biography

Originally from the north of England, Rachel Fox lives in Angus in Scotland. She writes all kinds of poems and does read them out and about (regularly at Montrose Folk Club, irregularly elsewhere). She has published ten poetry postcards (suppliers listed on her website www.crowd-pleasers.net ) and a book called 'More about the song' (Crowd-pleasers Press). She has a lot of poems on her site and a lot on MySpace too (link on site).

Samples

Not tonight, Radiohead

Please, my love, perhaps not Radiohead tonight
Right on the pulse of our lives it may be
But it's dark, so dark, and I need to feel light

I work all day to keep up the fight
To smile in the face of that creep misery
So please, my love, perhaps not Radiohead tonight

Now I know that light can be taken for trite
(Or something much worse which also rhymes tight)
But sight can play tricks and you might never see
How in darkest of dark, you can so need light

And we may love truth with all our might
But at times less pain can set us free
So please, my love, perhaps not Radiohead tonight

Instead joyous sounds, so hot they ignite
Disco or banjo or sweet harmony
When it gets this dark, it's not wrong to need light

I don't want a fake promise, it'll be alright
I'm not stupid, you know, just a little weary
So please, my love, perhaps not Radiohead tonight
In the dark, cruel dark, give me light, warm light.


Rachel Fox 2008

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