by Dawn Wood (b. 1963)
Fossil
Language: English
I dwell in loss, a shell of what I was, a bivalve, petrified and pale. My hinge, the centre of the pebble, I am a door to the past, a butterfly, cast against a flinty sky. Look back and turn with me.
Text Authorship:
- by Dawn Wood (b. 1963), "Fossil" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Emily Doolittle (b. 1972), "Fossil", 2025, copyright © 2025 [ satb chorus ], from Cairn, no. 2, Composers Edition
Publisher: Composers Edition [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-08-17
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Word count: 42