Patrick, you're making me envious, being on the train YESTERDAY. I cannot
think of enough ways to get myself on trains, but when I do, I'm as happy
as _____ (Supply your own noun.) :)
Sheila
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 1:01 AM, Patrick McManus <
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> Ah trains !enjoyed this chat and poem Jill -I was actually on a train
> yesterday! visiting grandorts-something about being thrown together with
> people-everyone seems to be watching i-players/phones far away
> Cheers P
> Who once went on Melbourne's underground -Barcelona's is nice -London's
> pretty awful
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Jill Jones
> Sent: 05 November 2014 23:23
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Snap The Dance
>
> Thanks, Bill, comment appreciated - the stillness, or moment, in the
> movement, was something I was interested in.
> J
> ________________________Jill Jones www.jilljones.com.au
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
> To:
> Cc:
> Sent:Thu, 6 Nov 2014 10:04:00 +1100
> Subject:Re: Snap The Dance
>
> The opening two, perhaps three lines nail this poem for me, Jill. The
> sense of pre-ordained stillness within that shuffling movement.
>
> Bill
>
> > On 6 Nov 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 d dsdansen around
> the doors >>> >>> >>> ________________________ >>> Jill Jones
> www.jilljones.com.au > >
>
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