Originally written as a series of non traditional Haiku inspired poems by Joshua Ferdinand, The Last Words of Albion is Available as MP3, vinyl or a short story book.This was adapted into a 5-7-5 syllable for the book on 16 August 2024.
Green forests and hills
Rolling across the landscape
Beautiful Albion.
Castles fill the land
Deadly plagues ravage people
Death consumes the land.
The lumber cut down
To build ships to cross the seas
Progress moves forward.
They're off to explore
Building homes with wood and stone
People grow so fast
Fire burns in cities
Black smoke floating to heavens
Flames lick at the skies.
Metal tracks are laid
With steam rising through the air
London Underground.
Growing industry
Suffocating, smog-filled air
Getting hard to breathe.
Bombs over England
Then the cities grow taller
Nature is ignored.
Society grows
Pushing the boundaries of earth
Realising the harm.
Beautiful city
Making us crazy, today
Another escape
Pavement-covered ground
Polluted oceans and skies
Civilization?
Green forests and hills
Rolling across the landscape
Beautiful Albion.
© Joshua Ferdinand 2016.
Single options:
A Side - The Last Words of Albion
B Side - Instrumental in F Minor
Live - Demo Version
Green forests and hills
Rolling across the landscape
Beautiful Albion.
Castles fill the land
Deadly plagues ravage people
Death consumes the land.
The lumber cut down
To build ships to cross the seas
Progress moves forward.
They're off to explore
Building homes with wood and stone
People grow so fast
Fire burns in cities
Black smoke floating to heavens
Flames lick at the skies.
Metal tracks are laid
With steam rising through the air
London Underground.
Growing industry
Suffocating, smog-filled air
Getting hard to breathe.
Bombs over England
Then the cities grow taller
Nature is ignored.
Society grows
Pushing the boundaries of earth
Realising the harm.
Beautiful city
Making us crazy, today
Another escape
Pavement-covered ground
Polluted oceans and skies
Civilization?
Green forests and hills
Rolling across the landscape
Beautiful Albion.
© Joshua Ferdinand 2016.
This series of freestyle poetry, represents an inability to conform to the norm. Inspired by Japanese poetic form, the poems are short and you will see elements of senryu, haiku, and katauta. The juxtaposition of the concept of civilisation against the destruction of everything beautiful (nature) makes a nice teaching point.
Single options:
A Side - The Last Words of Albion
B Side - Instrumental in F Minor
Live - Demo Version
