THISTLEDOWN
Recorded in 2020, this poetic journey provides an intense immersion into the core themes of Jehanne’s writing - from the haunting, potent evocation of dusk in Nightfall in the Slad Valley to the heartfelt call to come home to self, expressed in You Run You Fall or Sonnet. Nature and soul are inextricably linked, and politics become a spiritual framework beyond the everyday.
Includes the acapella vocal title track Thistledown, written 40 years ago and never previously recorded.
Thistledown (from Song)
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You Run You Fall (from The Difficult Gate)
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Prologue (from Heart of Yew)
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Sonnet ( from A Way to Meet)
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NIghtfall in the Slad Valley
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Epilogue (from Heart of Yew)
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Waymaking (from Walking Two Ways)
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First Frost in November (from Stroud Poets 1)
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The Bat (from Stroud Poets 1)
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Sea Riders (from Stroud Poets 1)
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No Reference points (from Stroud Poets 1)
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Echo Chamber (from Stroud Poets 2)
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The Story Tree (from Stroud Poets 2)
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Wild Edges (unpublished)
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Spirit of Shades (unpublished)
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Julian Assange (unpublished)
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The Ides Of March (unpublished)
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Instrument (unpublished)
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Inhabit Yourself (unpublished)
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Make Your Heart Into A Hive (unpublished)
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Owl's Eyes (unpublished)
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If You Fall (unpublished)
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