The Conference of the Flies

 

There is no greater sight
Than spring sun reflected
Upon the all-conquering 
Wings, limbs & gleaming hides
Of the Great Fly Nation!

There is no greater sound
In all the Earth
Than the hum, buzz & flutter
Of our million-fold 
Assembly!

We are fierce
Proud & strong
Ravenous & potent
Ancient,
Indecipherable. 

 

 My new digital publication. The Conference of the Flies are discussing humanity. Do we exist? What are we? What should they do about us?

"The conference at the heart of this piece may be imaginary or fantastic, or it may be channelled and life-changing (not that these things are contradictory).  It is itself an ecology – an eco-telling, an eco-wording, a world-re-storing... We are also invited to contemplate our impact on those whose lives and lifeways are braided with ours."

From the foreword by Graham Harvey, a professor of religious studies at the Open University & author of Animism: Respecting the Living World, Hurst & Co. 2005.

For a short period you can download this text as a free ebook in pdf format here.