Thanks Rebecca,
I don't know why I suddenly thought of a petticoat yesterday, having
not worn one for, ooh, twenty years mebbe. They are ridiculous but also
kinds sweet things, depending.
I even dreamed I wore one last night. A case of the poem's revenge? Who
knows.
Cheers,
Jill
On Thursday, February 9, 2006, at 01:15 AM, Rebecca Seiferle wrote:
> Ah, I like this very much, Jill, from the beginning to the end, so
> that I want to say
> I like particularly this,
>
>> Sometimes I could do with the humour of a petticoat.
>> O, let me part the clouds, let me in.
>
> but then add, particularly that, so the poem entire!--lovely.
>
> Best,
>
> Rebecca
> ---- Original message ----
>> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 22:16:40 +1100
>> From: Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: snap - jones
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> I have taken off my little dress, there’s no scope
>> for me within it, there are things
>> that fall down the body, like breath and the texture
>> of the flap. This is a button I can’t do.
>> I don’t want to argue on the easy side. ‘Don’t expect
>> an audience or a reveal.’ O, the little dress
>> shimmers in the near breeze as I’m falling down
>> my body and, at last with my ear to the ground.
>>
>> It’s too late in the season to please as wind removes
>> my feathers and shaves my bones with that first whip
>> of change, and each winter, if it comes along, do I
>> need its great coat, will I have done with cumbered sleeves?
>> Sometimes I could do with the humour of a petticoat.
>> O, let me part the clouds, let me in.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jill Jones, Marrickville, Wed 8 Feb 10.16pm
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Latest books:
Broken/Open. Available from Salt Publishing
http://www.saltpublishing.com/books/smp/1844710416.htm
Where the Sea Burns. Wagtail Series. Picaro Press
PO Box 853, Warners Bay, NSW, 2282. [log in to unmask]
Struggle and radiance: ten commentaries (Wild Honey Press)
http://www.wildhoneypress.com
web site: http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~jpjones
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