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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