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Ammonite

from Fish House Blues by Daniel Shaw

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From the water we came- the Severn sea covered this reclaimed land which is evident from the marine fossils such as the ammonite I found in the valley in my youth. You can visit the Street quarry ichthyosaurs in a special room in the natural history museum along with Mary Anning’s finds.
Much of the old industrial peat works, laid down over thousands of years, has been given over to reserves and, in parts, the levels are returning to their ancient state again.
How long till the seas rise again and Somerset is again underwater?
6000 years ago, hunter-gatherers hunted storks and bitterns in the marshes using tracks like the sweet track to get around.

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From Water we came
To water we return
The Marshes Drained
The Peat is burned.

Bleached Shells remain
Soil turns and changed
The Wild and the tamed
Reeds have returned.

Patterns in the rock
The walls of a sea
No heard no flock
No eels for tea.

Hawthorns grow back
Willows grow slack
Walk the Sweet track
Piled up peat stack.

A hill in the sky
A tower in the air
Whistles good bye
To foul and fair

It remains; It’s there:
Ammonite.

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from Fish House Blues, released April 20, 2021

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Daniel Shaw Glastonbury, UK

Daniel Shaw based in Glastonbury & S.W.area.
Past work includes performances with the poet Laureate, Simon Armitage; & performances in Europe, Tennessee, Kolkatta and the Uk.
Daniel has also performed and recorded with the The Aardvarks, double bass & Bass with Mossflower, The Minor Works Unit, Mr Keep Calm & The Cancelled Cheques, The Blackdown Bluebirds andThe Duncan Batey Trio. ... more

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