Hi Doug,
Thanks. And Norra Hammarbyhamnen is simply the name of the area here
in Stockholm which started me on some of the ideas and images. Though
the poem is not about that area. It's something of a place marker of
that 'snap', is all.
J
________________________Jill Jones www.jilljones.com.au
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I like the night the ferry brings, too, Jill, & the sly moves of
things & feelings intertwined...
But am not sure what is intended by the '_NORRA HAMMARBYHAMNEN_ ‘
(which looks as it it could be there as name of [constructed?]
author?)...
Doug
On Oct 15, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Bill Wootton wrote:
> Very affirmative sounding, Jill, and I like its lilt. Nothing's
newer than rain all right and it's newing cats and dogs as I type.
>
> Bill
>
>
>> On 16 Oct 2014, at 6:51 am, Jill Jones wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> PACKING FOR THE JOURNEY
>>
>> _NORRA HAMMARBYHAMNEN_
>>
>> you take plastic stars, a bicycle,
>>
>> a dozen pot plants, a padlock, a pencil,
>>
>> enough beer, money for the ferry
>>
>> even when you get there, or if you don’t
>>
>> you take a succession of songs
>>
>> they don’t have to be old as cafe songs
>>
>> they could be new as rain
>>
>> you listen as you haul, it will work out
>>
>> you see the ferry stalling on the other side
>>
>> as the lights begin to come on past the quay
>>
>> you gather the things around you
>>
>> the plants need sun but here’s the rain
>>
>> the plastic stars are all they have
>>
>> and the pencil, don’t forget the pencil
>>
>> it draws earth below water and imagines the sun
>>
>> in the starry night the ferry brings
>>
>> and you bring your things to the landing
>>
>> the gates are opening, the padlock drops away
>>
>> even the rats in the storehouses, the fish
>>
>> in the sluices, the trams on the bridges, the camp
>>
>> of the homeless under the pylons, even the strays
>>
>> are quiet. Except for the rain, and the engines
>>
>> which begin stuttering. At least
>>
>> you have the beer.
>>
>> And there’s enough for everyone.
>> ________________________Jill Jones www.jilljones.com.au
>>
>>
>>
>
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