Day shifts in Kakadu from 23 to 39, Jill, but the breeze rippling on the
South Alligator River helps.
Where is Adders?
Bill
On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 at 11:23 pm, 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
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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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