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Ah yes, our parrots. Even when one has been aware of them most of one's life, here, they are very much still charming and welcome, especially in the view from the office window or, indeed, the stroll through the campus. Best,Jill ___________________________________________Jill Jones Latest book, Viva the Real, from UQP, shortlisted 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" To: Cc: Sent:Tue, 1 Oct 2019 22:08:36 -0700 Subject:Re: early snap So good to hear back from you, Jill. I know it's warming there now, and the very thought of parrots outside your office window is something I find especially charming :) On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 12:30 AM Jill Jones wrote: > Dear Sheila, > I'm glad there was something that was useful in my response. Perhaps > the coincidental is a good way to see things at times. > And - thanks for your good wishes. I have my ups and downs in this > place. Like most everyone in the rest of the world, I'd guess. But > right now it's a very fine and warm spring afternoon. And my office is > quiet apart from the chatter of parrots just outside. > Best,Jill > ___________________________________________Jill Jones > Latest book, Viva the Real, from UQP, shortlisted 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 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" > To: > Cc: > Sent:Mon, 30 Sep 2019 23:27:30 -0700 > Subject:Re: early snap > > Dear Jill, > > I am moved by your generous reading of this new piece, Jill. Thank > you for > helping me see the poem better than I could while it was becoming > itself on > the page > > I just re-read "Remembrance," and your point about caesura is well > heard as > I look at the two pieces. Different things happening, as you say. > Your > alerting us to the chiming with your reading is very helpful. > > "Slow-turned strong feeling, despite your short lined stanzas" > confirms for > me a hope for this piece. > > It means a great deal to hear from you here and to listen to what you > say. > > Hope you are thriving in that beautiful land where you live! Sheila > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 10:58 PM Jill Jones wrote: > > > Dear Sheila, > > > > I feel very much, in this, the operation of the mind as it > > investigates (and laments). > > > > And can I just add – a bit at length – how I’m very struck by > > its structure, the way it breaks down the page. I know this is a > very > > odd thing to note but I happened to be re-reading Emily Bronte’s > > poem ‘Remembrance’ - literally - when this came into my email. > In > > that poem, as you may know, there is caesura in most lines that > your > > line breaks remind me of. And, yes, I know, of course, a line break > is > > not a caesura but it somehow chimes in this moment of my reading. > > Also, in the Bronte, there are many line endings of double rhyme > > (so-called feminine rhyme). Again, yours does not rhyme, though > there > > are hints of slant rhyme, but a number of the end words have > > unstressed last syllables. So, that seemed to me to offer a similar > > experience of shaped and slow-turned strong feeling, despite your > > short lined stanzas. > > > > Apologies if I seem a bit too focused on something you may never > > have > > intended. It is a coincidence, or more than, that resonates with me > in > > this moment. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jill > > ___________________________________________Jill Jones > > Latest book, Viva the Real, from UQP > > https://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/Book.aspx/1473/Viva%20the%20Real > > Jill on Twitter > > https://twitter.com/_jill_jones > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" > > To: > > Cc: > > Sent:Mon, 30 Sep 2019 22:32:54 -0700 > > Subject:early snap > > > > *It Was Always New* > > > > And then nothing > > > > could be lifted > > > > no matter the muscle > > > > or the will > > > > The ground was all > > > > and recollection maybe > > > > feathered any softness > > > > left to be imagined > > > > Again as any number > > > > of defeats were multiplied > > > > times themselves now > > > > fastened down and seen > > > > And felt as though > > > > no sky were ever here > > > > for the duration > > > > I had lived for > > > > Sheila E. 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