A poem as old cloth made new, Jill. Finely done, the small shifts taking me with them to that finale, loving the hesitations shown along the way…
Doug
> On Aug 8, 2018, at 7:27 AM, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> 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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> Sent:Wed, 8 Aug 2018 22:07:43 +1000
> 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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Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
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Shakespeare
Drag yr mouldy old bones
Up these stairs & tell me
What you died of,
I think
I’ve got it
Too.
Sharon Thesen
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