Hi Bill,
Adders = Adelaide, as Sydders = Sydney and Melbs = Melbourne.
Sometimes there's Radelaide, or even Deadalaide.
It's the way we ripple here!
J
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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"
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Sent:Thu, 21 Sep 2017 02:52:43 +0000
Subject:Re: Day shiftings snap
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 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
> http://fiveislandspress.com/catalogue/brink-jill-jones
>
> ----- 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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