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Chris Nash
  • May 14, 2020
  • 1 min

Awakening

This song is about the world's return from lock-down. It links us to nature's spirit of resurgence, both daily and with the seasons.

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Chris Nash
  • Apr 28, 2020
  • 1 min

A Change is Gonna Come ~ 2020 re~mix

This meditates on the coronavirus crisis and the need for cultural and ecological re-balance.

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Chris Nash
  • Mar 28, 2020
  • 1 min

Monkey Mountain

This is the song of the Red Shanked Douc Langur threatened with extinction in the remote jungles of Vietnam.

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Chris Nash
  • Mar 26, 2020
  • 2 min

Ballad of the Bees

This poem sings the communitarian song of the Honey Bee, contrasted with philosophies of individualism.

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Chris Nash
  • Mar 24, 2020
  • 2 min

Coral's Last Dance

This is the song of the ocean coral. Coral reefs can be thought as the rain-forests of the sea.

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Chris Nash
  • Mar 21, 2020
  • 2 min

Gondwana Blues (the rotting sea)

This is the song of the Antarctic penguins threatened by extinction through global warming and habitat destruction.

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Chris Nash
  • Mar 20, 2020
  • 1 min

Earth~rise (what have we done?)

This poem is inspired by the famous photograph taken of Earth from space by William Anders in 1968.

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Chris Nash
  • Mar 19, 2020
  • 2 min

Slipper Orchid (an abusive relationship)

This is the song of the Asian Slipper orchid. 99% of Asian Slipper orchids are threatened with extinction.

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Chris Nash
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • 1 min

In My Backyard ~ A story of everyday extinction.

This poem sings the songs of the wildflower species that are close to extinction in Britain right now.

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Chris Nash
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • 2 min

Turtle Dove ~'love and constancy is dead' - The Phoenix and the Turtle

A once familiar sight and a sound often associated with love and the British summer, the turtle dove has declined by 97% since 1970.

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Chris Nash
  • Mar 17, 2020
  • 2 min

Skylark Dissolving

This is the contemporary song of the skylark threatened with extinction by climate change and habitat loss.

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Chris Nash
  • Mar 17, 2020
  • 1 min

Tessa Nilo (extinction stinks)

This is the song of a Sumatran elephant mother mourning the loss of her child to a poacher's bullet.

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Chris Nash
  • Mar 16, 2020
  • 2 min

萌萌哒 - Meng meng da

This poem connects you through the doors of perception to the voice of the Yangtze River Porpoise, which is Critically Endangered

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Chris Nash
  • Mar 16, 2020
  • 1 min

Is this Goodbye ~ Indo~China Tiger

A poem that takes you through the doors of perception into the consciousness of the Endangered Indo-China tiger species.

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Chris Nash
  • Mar 15, 2020
  • 1 min

The horror! The horror!

This is the song of the Critically Endangered Western Lowland Gorilla and its struggle to survive.

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Chris Nash
  • Mar 15, 2020
  • 2 min

"Build that Wall" ~ the Monarch butterfly

This is the song of the Monarch butterfly, taking you through the doors of perception to share its struggle to survive.

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Chris Nash
  • Mar 15, 2020
  • 1 min

Is this Goodbye ~ Soala

This is the song of the Soala, opening the doors of perception to the struggle of this Critically Endangered species.

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Chris Nash
  • Mar 12, 2020
  • 1 min

Is this Goodbye ~ Black Rhino

This is the song of the Black Rhino opening the doors of perception to the struggle of this Critically Endangered species to survive.

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Chris Nash
  • Mar 12, 2020
  • 1 min

Is this Goodbye ~ Blue Wail

This is the song of the Blue Whale, opening the doors of perception to the struggle of this Critically Endangered species to survive.

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Chris Nash
  • Mar 12, 2020
  • 1 min

Sturgeon Ghost~Dance

This is the song of the Sturgeon, opening the doors of perception to the struggle of this Endangered Species to survive.

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