POETRY SPOTLIGHT: 'Sings Else' by Jill Jones

This week's Poem of the Week comes from Jill Jones' collection Dark Bright Doors, poetry that has been described as having 'unsettling mystery and beauty' by Barry Hill from the Australian. This book was shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Prize in the 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Awards.

Post written by Poppy Nwosu

Firstly, I must say that I am quite taken by the name of this collection, Dark Bright Doors.
Already the title evokes a certain feeling. I like the meeting of opposites within those words and also the way they sound strung together. Which brings me to my next thought ...
When I read poetry, sometimes I read the words silently within my head, as I would any novel or article, and yet other times, I find that poetry is best consumed when read aloud.

In a strange way, I find there is often poetry to be found in the actual sound of words. Or at least, that is what this amateur poetry enthusiast likes to imagine.
What I am getting around to, of course, is that there is something about the poems within Dark Bright Doors that make me want to read them aloud. I feel like I can hear them better that way.
I wonder why that is?
 

'Sings Else' by Jill Jones from the collection Dark Bright Doors

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This book by award-winning poet Jill Jones raises questions of the self, as well as the ecology of place and language. This is Jones at her most versatile and idiosyncratic, at times a little wild and dark. The poems are intimate, sharp, self-critical and very present.

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