“I Am Full of the Sea,” a composition by Liam Elliott, a Canadian artist currently working at Princeton University (https://www.liamelliotmusic.com/), based on poems he found in my Chance Encounters with Wild Animals (Gaspereau Press, 2019) and recordings he heard here on curiaudio.com. (This is a real joy to share. A million thanks to Liam and…
Ice pops, bursting a thousand years of cold. Our faces fresh at the Damoy Winter Sport Resort
Large as children, they roam in their finery, ruling the sea. Whole cities amongst the ice and seals. Their open regard. CLICK TO LISTEN TO RECORDING
*Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. Awake and pray. Make ready. I ring you unto peace. ** Written on the two bells in the Grytviken church, South Georgia CLICK TO LISTEN TO RECORDING
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Proper little shit-covered fellows. They go on and on, persisting. CLICK TO LISTEN TO RECORDING
Thick black cloak of whale bones and sailors. Volcanic mud. Human debris. So much death here. So much light. CLICK TO LISTEN TO THE RECORDING