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Poetry
Cicada rhythm for son one
Son one, first of the generation Bright eyed precocious gatherer of words and fossils and scraps of souls on torn paper in a hurry to see...
Jill Turner
Jun 181 min read
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Free flight floating A note to keep noting the slant of the sun evening shadows on trees pink tipped buds bursting, chamelaucium! Perfect...
Jill Turner
Jun 171 min read
Dark Matter
When pondering life's intractable problems, are solutions to be found: near the < liminal objects > the space between spaces / under the...
Jill Turner
Jun 171 min read
Awakening
(remembering Oliver Sachs) It is as if I am asleep awakening. Walking round and round in circles In the multitudes of days Hunting...
Jill Turner
Jun 161 min read
Story Bridge
(after George Eliot - Count the Day Lost) Once upon a time Far away, Down Under Past Felons to Heroes my thoughts did wander. And by the...
Jill Turner
Jun 161 min read
Three Little Remlins
*Adapted from a letter from Great Uncle W.L (1943) Three little Remlins share this book, (Martin and Susan, let Ann look.) Read it to...
Jill Turner
Jun 161 min read
We Will Fix It
We will draw it, we will score it, we have pictures - one, two, three. We will stitch it, we will patch it, we will make it up - filled...
Jill Turner
Jun 151 min read
Pyjama Party
Pink prawn cocktail for starters Coronation chicken and the glass punch bowl sloshing Sangria with Spanish sunshine and oranges Benson...
Jill Turner
Jun 151 min read
Diversity
Diversity, peace, tolerance. What does this mean to me? As I survey the ragged resilient Australian bushland, dawn chorus, sun scorched...
Jill Turner
Jun 152 min read
Revisit
You can only create your own symbolism and know your own truths. Many will pass you by but you keep on growing, tenacious like a seed...
Jill Turner
Jun 151 min read
Words
[my response to observing behaviour on twitter /X] Fractals of emotional baggage flood the threads and reposts of vicious and virulent...
Jill Turner
Jun 141 min read
Orange and almond cake
I remembered that oranges are not the only fruit | as I watch the water boil viciously | softening the skin | reducing resistance |...
Jill Turner
Jun 141 min read
Drifting
And I found myself far from shore, in a boat on my own asking how far would I go to know and be known. May there be wind in your sails...
Jill Turner
Jun 141 min read
Fermenting
My bare feet cold on the driveway staring into silence as clouds, like thoughts scud overhead obscuring the light of the cosmos. I am not...
Jill Turner
Jun 141 min read
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