Jill Jones
@jill-jones-1.bsky.social
Poet & perambulator. Unruly in queer suburbia, living on unceded Kaurna land. Out now: Acrobat Music: New & Selected Poems (Puncher & Wattmann). Also: Wild Curious Air, A History of What I'll Become, Viva The Real, and others
Emily— …
‘Diadems — drop — and Doges — surrender —
Soundless as dots — on a Disc of Snow —‘
‘Diadems — drop — and Doges — surrender —
Soundless as dots — on a Disc of Snow —‘
February 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Emily— …
‘Diadems — drop — and Doges — surrender —
Soundless as dots — on a Disc of Snow —‘
‘Diadems — drop — and Doges — surrender —
Soundless as dots — on a Disc of Snow —‘
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Where the poetry of David Brooks and Jill Jones intersects is their detailing of domestic life and drawing attention to environmental changes.
Life ‘out of nowhere’ at the ‘scraping of midnight’: two illustrious poets illuminate the times
Where the poetry of David Brooks and Jill Jones intersects is their detailing of domestic life and drawing attention to environmental changes.
theconversation.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Where the poetry of David Brooks and Jill Jones intersects is their detailing of domestic life and drawing attention to environmental changes.
Muriel Rukeyser, ‘Poem (I lived in the first century of world wars)’:
“…Most mornings I would be more or less insane,
The newspapers would arrive with their careless stories,
The news would pour out of various devices…”
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47657/...
“…Most mornings I would be more or less insane,
The newspapers would arrive with their careless stories,
The news would pour out of various devices…”
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47657/...
Poem (I lived in the first century of world wars)
I lived in the first century of world wars.
www.poetryfoundation.org
February 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Muriel Rukeyser, ‘Poem (I lived in the first century of world wars)’:
“…Most mornings I would be more or less insane,
The newspapers would arrive with their careless stories,
The news would pour out of various devices…”
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47657/...
“…Most mornings I would be more or less insane,
The newspapers would arrive with their careless stories,
The news would pour out of various devices…”
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47657/...
From 'May, 1972' by James Schuyler:
"... Here, a silent scream/Can we, in simple justice,/desert our sought allies?/Draw out: I do not know./ I know the war is wrong./We have it in us/to triumph over hate and/death, or so/the suburban spring suggests …"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
"... Here, a silent scream/Can we, in simple justice,/desert our sought allies?/Draw out: I do not know./ I know the war is wrong./We have it in us/to triumph over hate and/death, or so/the suburban spring suggests …"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
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February 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
From 'May, 1972' by James Schuyler:
"... Here, a silent scream/Can we, in simple justice,/desert our sought allies?/Draw out: I do not know./ I know the war is wrong./We have it in us/to triumph over hate and/death, or so/the suburban spring suggests …"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
"... Here, a silent scream/Can we, in simple justice,/desert our sought allies?/Draw out: I do not know./ I know the war is wrong./We have it in us/to triumph over hate and/death, or so/the suburban spring suggests …"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
There's not a lot of light around at the moment, but I found this at my feet while standing at the tram stop.
February 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
There's not a lot of light around at the moment, but I found this at my feet while standing at the tram stop.