{"id":2521,"date":"2023-01-24T22:17:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T22:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/?p=2521"},"modified":"2023-11-12T11:32:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T11:32:41","slug":"firebirds-a-suite-for-the-end-of-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/?p=2521","title":{"rendered":"Drak weather &#8211; A Suite for The End of Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FIREBRDS.jpg?resize=640%2C632&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FIREBRDS.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FIREBRDS.jpg?resize=300%2C296&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FIREBRDS.jpg?resize=768%2C759&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FIREBRDS.jpg?resize=676%2C668&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FIREBRDS.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Birds of Fire Flock Together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experimenting with poetry and sound&#8230;.<br><br>26 poems related to a damaged ecology 1981-2022 <br><br>set to some ambient electronic soundscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">neither fish nor fowl&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Album cover and here first track based on the Crystal Palace fire as seen above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original poem was written in 1982 one of my earliest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The collection will provide spoken word soundscapes for 26 poems related directly to eco-green political themes I written over the last 40 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tracks are being uploaded to Soundcloud as they completed .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here first recording.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Great Exhibition by TRAILER STAR\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1311568711&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>the great exhibition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">two jays in tic-tac spinning<br>cresting waves of lace curtain and linoleum<br>two-stepping tarmacadam&#8217;s invention<br>a century&#8217;s first mast<br>the barge of the crystal palace<br>this gaping hole<br>where the machinery ploughed into the past<br>the smell of smoke<br>of ashes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">from &#8216;<strong>The Tithe Machine&#8217; Poems 1981 -84<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-shaun-belcher wp-block-embed-shaun-belcher\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"s1suEmWac3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/?page_id=1060\">The Tithe Machine &#8211; Early Poems 1981-1985<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;The Tithe Machine &#8211; Early Poems 1981-1985&#8221; &#8212; SHAUN BELCHER WRITES\" src=\"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/?page_id=1060&#038;embed=true#?secret=l5gXVmlqwD#?secret=s1suEmWac3\" data-secret=\"s1suEmWac3\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experimenting with poetry and sound&#8230;. 26 poems related to a damaged ecology 1981-2022 set to some ambient electronic soundscapes. neither fish nor fowl&#8230;. 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