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The Power of Moss

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Price:
$15.00
Composer:
Oram, Celeste
Instrumentation:
voice and any other instrument
Year composed:
2021
Duration:
c. 3:00
Format:
A4, pp7, digital download (PDF)
Description:
An excerpt from Jo Randerson’s live research performance for Secret Art Powers (her upcoming book) at Lit Crawl 2021 encapsulates the feminist philosophy of continuance that underscores her poem ‘AND’ in this song:
Right now, it’s not the power of the sword we need
but the power of moss
the oldest surviving plant EVER
it’s not tall, it doesn’t thrust up above everything else
It doesn’t define itself well, there’s no shiny grand statement
it just quietly and softly persists
and is known in every continent.
This song is dedicated to Carmel Carroll and Ronnie Karadjov, the two flame-haired women who taught me how to sing.
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