That’s it (I was away, & didn’t have it close to hand).
Doug
> On Apr 12, 2017, at 3:36 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Thanks Doug. Will think on this. Take it you mean Slessor's The Night Ride,
>
> https://allpoetry.com/The-Night-Ride
>
> Bill
>
> On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 at 5:24 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> I think I like the sharpness (& shortness therefore) of he first, Bill;
>> tough i see Andrew’s point. It got me thinking of the famous poem about the
>> Night time train station, with its final line (can’t recall the poet’s name
>> right now); but something like that would personalize it through tone…
>>
>> Doug
>>> On Apr 12, 2017, at 4:02 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks Andrew, Patrick.
>>>
>>> A second stab at it here:
>>>
>>> Daylesford 2
>>>
>>> This bristling block of almost city
>>> with its hipster cafes, hair salons,
>>> bookshops, retro furniturers,
>>> woolshops and wineshops,
>>> two-storey bank buildings and
>>> the arcade-banished Rex theatre,
>>> eases off to country at either end.
>>>
>>> Two glistening fountains bracket the strip,
>>> one gothic lit down the post office end,
>>> one at full splash near the chainsaw shop,
>>> viewable from a corner table at the Taj.
>>> And always, volcanic-soiled Wombat Hill
>>> looms over the Convent's grey balconies,
>>> high above all-season manicured gardens.
>>>
>>> Mauve flowered kiss-me-quicks,
>>> agapanthus spears and bluebells burst
>>> from the soil. Swiss-Italian planted pines,
>>> elms, red oaks, birches and copper beeches
>>> share grassy gullies and steep ridges
>>> with mannagums and candlebarks
>>> all the way to Hepburn Springs.
>>>
>>> Still feels country, no dormitory town; no
>>> city-linked train's trundled here since 1974.
>>> Chimneys ease woodsmoke at dusk,
>>> horse poo sells at the side of the road,
>>> Sunday markets draw, as do parades
>>> at New Year and Chillout. All generally
>>> welcome under this Rainbow.
>>>
>>> bw
>>> 12.4.17
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 at 5:51 PM, Patrick McManus <
>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Bill sort of nostalgia feel to it -reminds me of when I stayed in
>>>> Nimbin
>>>>
>>>> kissmequicks new to me very Victorian type word
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/04/2017 22:39, Bill Wootton wrote:
>>>>> Daylesford
>>>>>
>>>>> Bristling block of almost city
>>>>> Either end eases off to country.
>>>>> Cafes, clobber, art, books,
>>>>> Pottery, haircuts, furniture chic.
>>>>> Two-storey bank buildings,
>>>>> Rex theatre, up an arcade.
>>>>>
>>>>> Two glistening fountains, one
>>>>> down the post office end, one near
>>>>> the chainsaw shop, viewable
>>>>> from a corner table at the Taj.
>>>>> Wombat Hill looming over
>>>>> The Convent's grey balconies.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mauve kissmequicks, agapanthus
>>>>> and bluebells bursting from the soil,
>>>>> Swiss-Italian planted pines,
>>>>> elms, red oaks, copper beeches
>>>>> sharing grassy gullies and ridges
>>>>> with mannagums, candlebarks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just a country town but not
>>>>> a dormitory town; no city-linked train
>>>>> since 1974. Knows the value of parades
>>>>> at New Year and Chillout Festival
>>>>> All generally welcome somewhere
>>>>> under its Rainbow.
>>>>>
>>>>> bw
>>>>> 12.4.17
>>>>
>>
>> Douglas Barbour
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>>
>> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
>> 2 (UofAPress).
>> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>> Listen. If (UofAPress):
>>
>> and as you read
>> the sea is turning its dark pages
>> turning
>> its dark pages.
>>
>> Denise Levertov
>>
Douglas Barbour
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Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
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and as you read
the sea is turning its dark pages
turning
its dark pages.
Denise Levertov
