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Perseids is clear enough. It is a reflection on the meteor shower that arose from the passage of the comet Swift-Tuttle, whose shards trail into our atmosphere and burn up every August.

Performed live at the Casa del Popolo in Montreal, Canada

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Perseids

As I write this we are in the midst
of the Perseid meteor shower,
comet Swift-Tuttle streaking into our atmosphere.
Its orbit intersects ours in August each year
Its orbit strewn with debris broken from the main body.

And the place it intersects our orbit?
We call that August.

Each piece of debris that touches our atmosphere burns.
And every 133 years the comet itself streaks into our lives.

In 1992 the last time
Then 2126
But this time it will come a few thousand miles from here
Big enough to take out life on this planet

And you and I, we’re circling each other now.
In orbits 5000 kilometers apart
What happens when we touch again?
What kind of debris rains down?

I am feeling the fire of your touch on my body,
the touches of you in my life,
multiple images I have of you,
how from out of nowhere you appear
so ferociously beautiful.

Each of those little streaks is a mark you’ve made on me,
and on this day they are everywhere,
sixty or seventy per hour,
from all parts of the sky

streak into our atmosphere

touching me,

changing me,

burned into my life.

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from Dark Sky Preserve, released February 19, 2023
Voice, verse and guitar by Ian Ferrier; clarinet and fx by Louise Campbell; recorded live at Casa del Popolo by Steve Godin; post by Drew Barnet; mastered by Harris Newman

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Ian Ferrier / Louise Campbell Montreal, Québec

Ian Ferrier and Louise Campbell have been improvising and performing together for the last six years. Ian is a well-known poet, performer and musician; Louise is a musician, composer and improviser.

Dark Sky Preserve is also a book from Clay Grouse Press. It includes the poetry, prose and musical scores for this work. ... more

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