Ah, Jill
your Spring against our Fall, with even some snow too early yesterday.
You catch the changes neatly, as I expect from you.
so I look at the grey
sky a sheet of it
the rain about to fall
or fallen puddles on the front steps
the paper thrown just beyond
as I pick up the day’s new news
Doug
> On Sep 20, 2017, at 7:52 AM, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Yes, it's a bit of a bouncy spring here in Adders. Almost a
> Melbourne-ish '4 seasons in one day' at times. Early morning temps can
> still be under 10 degrees but the max slowly on the up.
>
> Angle of afternoon sun just here feels like something that flares and
> falls.
>
> Enjoy the dry season. I find NT (well, Darwin) a bit too full on but
> have only ever been there in the wet when my glasses would fog up
> initially on going outside, like in Singapore.
>
> Cheers,
> Jill
>
> ________________________
> Jill Jones
> www.jilljones.com.au
>
> Latest book: Brink, Five Islands Press
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
> To:
> Cc:
> Sent:Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:15:03 +0000
> Subject:Re: Day shiftings snap
>
> Like the notion of sun falling, Jill. Jack of such spring swervings,
> basking in a little regularity in NT at the moment, no rain, every
> day
> chimes in from 23-34.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 at 6:33 pm, Jill Jones wrote:
>
>> It's our unsettled spring time - the bits of rain, the errant
>> forecasts
>> I can sit outside a whiles then a breeze hastens me in
>> ________________________
>> Jill Jones
>> www.jilljones.com.au
>>
>> Latest book: Brink, Five Islands Press
>> http://fiveislandspress.com/catalogue/brink-jill-jones
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
>> To:
>> Cc:
>> Sent:Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:58:35 +0100
>> Subject:Re: Day shiftings snap
>>
>> thanks Jill enjoyed
>>
>> On 20/09/2017 08:57, Jill Jones wrote:
>>> look down among grains and flitter
>>> junk from springs rains
>>> there’s brilliance in the lateness
>>> when every hour is retreat
>>> there’s more leaves on the floor
>>> everything smells of sap or pollen
>>>
>>> the sun’s still there, shiny on glass
>>> it falls almost like rain, it falls
>>> in the room, it’s not like a shower
>>> it doesn’t always go to plan
>>>
>>> night to come will be like day
>>> but terser in these shiftings
>>> these estimates of rain
>>>
>>> ________________________
>>> Jill Jones
>>> www.jilljones.com.au
>>>
>>> Latest book: Brink, Five Islands Press
>>> http://fiveislandspress.com/catalogue/brink-jill-jones
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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