These melting shapes that vanish
A new poetry film inspired by the wonder of starling murmuration with images by Andrew Fusek Peters, Kathryn Anna Marshall and Bob Ford
I wrote this poem around two years ago and have been longing to build a poetry film around it. I happened upon Andrew Fusek Peters fantastic murmuration images and he kindly gave me permission to use them in a film. The cityscapes are gleaned from my own photgraphs, and the final starling portrait is by dear friend and wildlife photographer Bob Ford.
These melting shapes that vanish
What if these displays are nott
to charm us but instead to
harm us to mesmer eyes
murmur signs manipulate
the right to flight emphasise
our land born state land
locked
land
lost
The taking back of cities’ stench
of guano riches
workers wings unclipped
the raking the retaking
amorphous warning
let us be
Kathryn Anna Marshall
title inspired by 2016 Guardian interview with Alice Oswald
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