Biotic Agents, by The Dwindlers

Biotic Agents

by The Dwindlers

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1.	Terra Firma 02:14	buy track
2.	Roost 04:03	buy track
3.	Flower Dust, Orchard Light 05:10	buy track
4.	Milk of Weeds 04:41	buy track
5.	After Thunder 05:35	buy track
6.	Ventus Porto 02:34	buy track
7.	Fata Morgana 04:25	buy track

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To write Biotic Agents, we paired modern classical music with poetic forms such as the pantoum, villanelle, sonnet and altered minute poem, because we liked the shared vocabulary between form poetry and music, the math and constraints of both. Within each piece, we pay close attention to meter, repetition and cadence, pushing and pulling on these aspects, enjoying the tension.

The central theme of Biotic Agents is learning movement from nature, so form poetry also provides an appropriate frame. As the speaker observes other species, she learns to accept both her limited mobility and the limits of communication. While there is no clear, shared language between her human self and other fauna, no way to truly speak with flora, she can, through poetry and music, attempt the conversation and learn that she is a biotic agent, the strength and fragility of her body are connected to the whole of the natural world.

A version of Flower Dust, Orchard Light first appeared in The Piedmont Virginian. Michelle references and gratefully acknowledges the following poems by Sylvia Plath as sources of inspiration for her work: "Stings," "Tulips," and "Poppies in July." piedmontvirginian.com/poetry-of-place-apoidea/

To enjoy more poetry on this topic, we invite you to visit Porkbelly Press for Michelle’s chapbook collection, “Grant Me the Tooth”. porkbellypress.com/poetry/grantme

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released December 11, 2020

words and voice - Michelle Seaman
music - Benjamin Dauer

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The Dwindlers Madison, Wisconsin

The Dwindlers are ambience and imagery. Blending poetry and music, we write about dreams, nature, and travel.

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