Brandrött klot
över stelnad trapp.
Sol över slätter, där ”m-m-t”-fot
gjort hålor.

”T-t-r”-tidens dimmor
i den dunkla prekambriska natten
men "b-r-r”-skogars kåda glittrar
som bärnsten i klargrönt vatten.

Nyss,
från horisont till horisont                      
sprängt fram
med väldiga ”o-a”.                        Livmastodont
Gnistor i veckad silur.

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• a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Harriet Augusta Dorotea Löwenhjelm (1887 - 1918), "Förhistorisk jakt", appears in Dikter, in Konsten att jaga. Skildrad i Bild och Poesi, first published 1913
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• by Ylva Lund Bergner (b. 1981), "Silur", 2020 [ soprano, alto, baritone, tenor and instrumental ensemble ]
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