
Excerpt from Dawn Recital #3
as transcribed by Orla Merrin
(beneath the amber reed horn tuned to fog-pitch):
Before the first footfall of light I stir
In rags of grey I spin my verse unseen--
Each root a thought each spore a trembling word
My rhyme a breath caught deep in limestone’s spleen.
I speak of fossils folded into prayer
Of winds that once named rivers after stars
And how the hare forgot the fox’s dare
But I-moss-mouthed--I remember who we are.
New Discovery
under the Lough Owel Crag
Subject: Lichen Poeticus --
The Dawn Reciter
Bring a warm thermos a quiet heart and your best field boots. Reports of second languages (Old Irish birdsong Morse code) are currently being vetted.