All these train poems makes sense now; I missed your fine poem relier Jill. I got the sense of alienation there, on a different track so to speak. And just the odd newness in oldness of travelling so. On the plains here, with our wide cities, (& a very small underground), we tend to drive, or take buses I guess; not the same at all. I first thought of actual trains, also more used & older in Europe, & which were so fine to travel by…
Doug
On Nov 6, 2014, at 1:05 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Enjoyed cheers-dazzling moon was briefly challenged by fireworks last night on my train
> Trees bursting into flowers!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew Burke
> Sent: 06 November 2014 00:58
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> Yep. very fine. Those rhs especially. Andrew
>
> On 6 November 2014 10:06, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> 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 d dsdansen around the doors
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ________________________
>>>>>>> Jill Jones www.jilljones.com.au
>>>
>>
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> Andrew
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