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
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I haven't, Max. Thanks for the alert.
Cheers,Jill
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anybody seen this book yet? -
Train Songs edited by Sean O'Brien and Don Paterson ...
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some, in our ...
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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
>
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>
> 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
>>
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>> 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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