Ah Patrick, pressed in the prescience of everything, it seems, these
days. Nonetheless, my lack of ironing skills means I'm never too
pressed.
Best,Jill
___________________________________________Jill Jones
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Minister's Literary Awards
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Sent:Wed, 2 Oct 2019 08:46:19 +0100
Subject:Re: Snap: Of What I'll Become
Thanks Jill hope you are not too pressed
on the sand pressed by futures & storms
On 02/10/2019 06:06, Sheila Murphy wrote:
> Jill,
>
> This piece has so many places that invite the realization of a
persistent
> oneness. Symptoms everywhere, and yet, whole entities themselves,
if we
> press that. And we often don't. It is as though each fragment might
become
> a starting place for more around it. You show an infinity of
openings. The
> miracle of it seems to be the chance factor. The poem alternates
between
> evidence and ideas. We grasp at features as though contemplating
> reconfiguration around what seems at first prominent, even
anchoring (not
> to push a word like that too far, given the context).
>
> There is a sense of "if" throughout. The title seems to know the
reality of
> gravity, the most natural conclusion to draw, and yet. And yet.
>
> The poem acknowledges that we really do not know.
>
> Thanks for a wonderful and rich piece. Sheila
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 6:06 PM Jill Jones wrote:
>
>>
>> OF WHAT I’LL BECOME
>>
>> So some may say everything falls
>>
>> cities & repute summer apricots
>>
>> a small white plate
>>
>> rain on the gulf
>>
>> The rough is more than smooth
>>
>> light is no more fleet than time
>>
>> in fact –
>>
>> Some say this glass on the shore
>>
>> is sharp or smooth
>>
>> rough as broken stone holds light
>>
>> as it holds time
>>
>> Some say that tide
>>
>> is running out then
>>
>> back upon us
>>
>> But who are we as
>>
>> plastic beings
>>
>> shells shaped around ventricles
>>
>> & nodes blood polymer
>>
>> simple fear –
>>
>> Among this winter kelp these shadows
>>
>> on the sand pressed by futures & storms
>>
>> __________________________________________Jill Jones
>> Latest book, Viva the Real, from UQPshortlisted for 2019 Prime
>> Minister's Literary Awards
>> https://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/Book.aspx/1473/Viva%20the%20Real
>> Jill on Twitter
>> https://twitter.com/_jill_jones
>>
>>
>>
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