Thanks, Bill.
The rain is probably me. A scalpel jockey got a bit close n personal
with me last week. In fact got out his black n decker and drilled a
hole in me skull. Lucky the rain didn't get in.
Cheers,Jill
________________________
Jill Jones
www.jilljones.com.au
Latest book: Brink, Five Islands Press
http://fiveislandspress.com/catalogue/brink-jill-jones
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Subject:Re: Snap - doing undoing
They do so know those trees don’t they. Much else to like here too,
Jill,
like the startling rain image.
Bill
On Wed, 8 Aug 2018 at 9:16 pm, Patrick McManus <
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> lovely -but all those suitors do clutter up one's doorstep
>
> P old and grumpy
>
>
> On 08/08/2018 12:00, Jill Jones wrote:
> >
> > DOING AND UNDOING
> >
> >
> >
> > losing myself in my helpless hands
> >
> > white motley grippy
> >
> > my fingers pick
> >
> > old cloth made
> >
> > of ancient seeds
> >
> >
> >
> > germs of what ideas maybe singing
> >
> > in the head
> >
> > at my feet
> >
> > take out thread or do it
> >
> > again I wait
> >
> > for what is
> >
> >
> >
> > always arriving time at the horizon
> >
> > a white boat
> >
> > dark grey boat
> >
> > the world gathers like four elements
> >
> > or seven sins
> >
> >
> >
> > I am counting
> >
> > all my suitors
> >
> > fluttering or breaking like dog-tired rain
> >
> > outside my door
> >
> > I still count on untold clouds
> >
> > and every tide
> >
> >
> >
> > trees are waiting
> >
> > as if they knew all along
> >
> > to go forward
> >
> > is a question I always ask
> >
> > as I move
> >
> >
> >
> > grip the sky
> >
> > now ain’t the time to break
> >
> > the next life
> >
> > is already here
> >
> >
> > ________________________
> > Jill Jones
> > www.jilljones.com.au
> >
> > Latest book: Brink, Five Islands Press
> > http://fiveislandspress.com/catalogue/brink-jill-jones
> >
> >
> >
> >
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