Yep. very fine. Those rhs especially. Andrew
On 6 November 2014 10:06, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Stunning Wright poem, Max. New to me.
>
> Bill
>
>
> > On 6 Nov 2014, at 7:30 am, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Judith Wright: Train Journey
> >
> > Glassed with cold sleep and dazzled by the moon,
> > out of the confused hammering dark of the train
> > I looked and saw under the moon's cold sheet
> > your delicate dry breasts, country that built my heart;
> >
> > and the small trees on their uncoloured slope
> > like poetry moved, articulate and sharp
> > and purposeful under the great dry flight of air,
> > under the crosswise currents of wind and star.
> >
> > Clench down your strength, box-tree and ironbark.
> > Break with your violent root the virgin rock.
> > Draw from the flying dark its breath of dew
> > till the unliving come to life in you.
> >
> > Be over the blind rock a skin of sense,
> > under the barren height a slender dance...
> > I woke and saw the dark small trees that burn
> > suddenly into flowers more lovely that the white moon.
> >
> >
> >> On Nov 6, 2014, at 7:23 AM, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Max, a quick perusal of reviews indicates it's not merely British
> >> poems and songs about trains. Some of the songs include the obvious,
> >> The Midnight Special, and something from the magnificence of Flanders
> >> and Swann. I do hope they included one of my favourite Judith Wright
> >> poems, 'The Trains', an early poem of hers written during WWII, 'the
> >> trains go north with guns'.
> >> J
> >> ________________________Jill Jones www.jilljones.com.au
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
> >> To:
> >> Cc:
> >> Sent:Thu, 6 Nov 2014 07:11:21 +1100
> >> Subject:Re: Snap The Dance
> >>
> >> I haven't, Max. Thanks for the alert.
> >> Cheers,Jill
> >> ________________________Jill Jones www.jilljones.com.au
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
> >> To:
> >> Cc:
> >> Sent:Thu, 6 Nov 2014 07:06:35 +1100
> >> Subject:Re: Snap The Dance
> >>
> >> anybody seen this book yet? -
> >>
> >> Train Songs edited by Sean O'Brien and Don Paterson ...
> >> www.theguardian.com › Arts › Books › Poetry
> >> The Guardian
> >> Nov 1, 2013 - As serendipity would have it, Sean O'Brien and Don
> >> Paterson have placed "The Railway Children" first in Train Songs. For
> >> some, in our ...
> >> Train Songs: An Anthology: Don Paterson, Sean O'Brien ...
> >> www.amazon.com/Train-Songs-Anthology../0571217761
> >> Amazon.com
> >> Train Songs: An Anthology [Don Paterson, Sean O'Brien] on Amazon.com.
> >> * FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This is the night mail
> >> crossing
> >> the border, ...
> >> Book review: Train Songs, Edited by Sean O'Brien and Don ...
> >> www.independent.co.uk › Arts + Ents › Books › Reviews
> >> The Independent
> >> Nov 1, 2013 - Why a poetry anthology based around trains and train
> >> travel? Because, its editors Sean O'Brien and Don Paterson explain,
> >> there is no ...
> >>
> >>> On Nov 6, 2014, at 6:59 AM, Jill Jones wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Good to hear you share my feeling about them. The Stockholm
> >>> underground (tunnelbana) isn't as extensive as classic networks
> >> such
> >>> as the Parisian metro, there are only three lines plus another set
> >> of
> >>> commuter lines, but my journeys on it are quite long getting to the
> >>> uni, and it is certainly packed at most times.
> >>> In Adelaide I did not use a train for year; the system is not big
> >>> either, but I am so glad now our house in Adelaide is on a train
> >> line.
> >>> It feels as if my world is right again.
> >>>
> >>> ________________________Jill Jones www.jilljones.com.au
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
> >>> To:
> >>> Cc:
> >>> Sent:Wed, 5 Nov 2014 12:47:02 -0700
> >>> Subject:Re: Snap The Dance
> >>>
> >>> I absolutely love trains, Jill, and feel that in such motion there
> >> is
> >>> a
> >>> release that brings about a great opening for creating. You've done
> >> a
> >>> gorgeous job here.
> >>>
> >>>> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Jill Jones wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Many thanks, Sheila. There is something about the moments and
> >>> movement
> >>>> of trains, especially underground systems. Coupled with the fact
> >> of
> >>>> signs advertising a new production of Strindberg's Dance of Death.
> >>>> Which could be worth getting a ticket for, except it is in
> >> Swedish.
> >>>> Jill
> >>>> ________________________Jill Jones www.jilljones.com.au
> >>>>
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
> >>>> To:
> >>>> Cc:
> >>>> Sent:Wed, 5 Nov 2014 11:35:26 -0700
> >>>> Subject:Re: Snap The Dance
> >>>>
> >>>> Jill, I find this moving as a moment in time that encompasses all
> >>>> tenses.
> >>>> Thank you for this. Lovely. Sheila
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Jill Jones wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> THE DANCE
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Minutes hover in trains, everything is
> >>>>>
> >>>>> a forecast from an old future
> >>>>>
> >>>>> the new one is still variable in the making
> >>>>>
> >>>>> a misremembered song from the past
> >>>>>
> >>>>> the girl opposite is nodding her dreamy head
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ‘you are receiving from the year’ of your birth
> >>>>>
> >>>>> of your death, dying on trains while
> >>>>>
> >>>>> the ordnings vakt guys stand by preserving
> >>>>>
> >>>>> old acts of impurity in the name you clean with
> >>>>>
> >>>>> among the tall houses on the east side
> >>>>>
> >>>>> everyone watches to see what kind of soul
> >>>>>
> >>>>> emerges, grey answers, double delicious
> >>>>>
> >>>>> is it about amnesty, painted rainbows
> >>>>>
> >>>>> reading suspended clocks on the red line
> >>>>>
> >>>>> the dödsdansen around the doors
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ________________________
> >>>>> Jill Jones www.jilljones.com.au
> >
>
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Andrew
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