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Twilight Of A Hermit

from Barons And Bananas 2014 by Ash Mandrake

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The hermit in this piece is in fact a character from one of my stories called "The Old Woman Of The Forest.

The poem was written in 1984 in a an attic flat in Monton, Manchester.

I recorded it inside a Citroen Berlingo parked behind a dry stone wall in Shap Cumbria with sheep bleating through the night

(Ash Mandrake PRS CAE/IPI 604124497)

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TWILIGHT OF A HERMIT

A pastel trellis Blends to silhouette as owl hoot beckons day-fall
the bird chime restive still from early sun-beam breaking…
And from my perch, misplaced in some forgotten routing tumble…
patient… waiting… I eye this fragile jungle
Listen to the hollow echo common to the first and last call broaching silence,
Watch the impact of a fallen crystal drip drop as it meets
that world of black and moon-pale grey-shine.
Feel the tremble of existence ebb and sink
beyond the distant vaults beyond my eye-line,
and dare not breathe…
for fear of waking..

credits

from Barons And Bananas 2014, track released January 1, 2014
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All photography by Krystyna Fitzgerald-Moriss

MUSIC
Ash Mandrake - Vocals
Mick Hewson: Hurdy Gurdy

Recording and Mastering:
Ash Mandrake - Recording
Steve Forward - Mastering

Sponsorships: Thanks to Frances Powell

All tracks are original material written by Ash Mandrake
Copyright 2014

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