Ice Cracking
Ice pops, bursting a thousand years of cold. Our faces fresh at the Damoy Winter Sport Resort
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
Leipzig’s gift to the polar night, Its voice silenced by bombs. CLICK TO LISTEN TO RECORDING
Steady climb and certain fall then the bells of Castello Cabiaglio. They grind past, flayed. https://www.curiaudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IT-castello-castiaglio.mp3
Rain fails. We slip through the red mud of Africa. Night cuts to the bone. CLICK TO LISTEN TO RECORDING
“… the poets among us can be ‘literalists of the imagination’ — above insolence and triviality, and can present for inspection, “imaginary gardens with real toads in them” ” — from Marianne Moore’s “Poetry” (1967) CLICK TO LISTEN TO RECORDING
They come for blessings, thumbs softly touching foreheads. The sun whips their backs. CLICK TO LISTEN TO RECORDING
Three hundred children hang on an intake of breath. White Bear sings to her. CLICK TO LISTEN TO RECORDING
People have kept bees for thousands of years, mostly for honey, but also to support the health of their crops, as bees are thought to be responsible for 80% of pollination worldwide. But the popularity of urban backyard beekeeping has soared around the world in recent years as city-dwellers look to raise awareness of food…