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Mornlings
Elizabeth-Jane Burnett Dr
Newman University, Birmingham
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Burnett, Elizabeth-Jane. "Mornlings." The Goose, vol. 14 , no. 1 , article 27, 2015,
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Mornlings 
 
First recorded speech of the author and a starling for seven consecutive days. 
 
Morning…morning.   Curr curr eeee eeee eeee eeee. 
Shake-a-shake-a-shake.  Wooeee wooeee wooeee! 
F***! You f***er.   Curr whip whip whip curr curr eeee. 
Give, give to the river.  (-) 
Well, that was a waste of time.  Eeee eeee eeee eeee. 
Hi, New Street station please. (-) 
Namaste.    Curr curr whip curr curr eeee. 
 
*Field note: am not as good  
a morning person as starling. 
Try inverting species speech 
for better results. 
 
  Morning…morning. Oh, f***’ssake. Whip whip curr eee wooeee! 
 
*Field note: habitual speech  
patterns are hard to break. 
 
  Eeee eeee wooeee!   Curr whip wooeee! 
  Woo whip eeee eeee.   Wooeee wooeee currcurr. 
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  Eeee eeee eeee.   (-) 
  Eeee eeee eeee.   Eeee eeee eeee. 
  Wooeee!    (-) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ELIZABETH-JANE BURNETT is a poet and academic with a focus on innovative poetics and 
environment. She holds a BA in English from Oxford, an MA and PhD in Contemporary 
Poetics from Royal Holloway, University of London, and has studied performance at the 
Bowery Poetry Club in New York and Naropa. Her work includes Her Body: The City (2005), 
THIS IS MY ECONOMY: slam poems for quiet people (2009) and oh-zones (2012) and has 
been anthologised in Dear World and Everyone In It (Bloodaxe, 2013) and Out of Everywhere 
2 (Reality Street, forthcoming). She also curates text-led ecopoetics exhibitions and is Senior 
Lecturer in Creative Writing at Newman University in Birmingham. 
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The GooseVolume 14 | No. 1 Article 279-1-2015MornlingsElizabeth-Jane Burnett DrNewman University, BirminghamPart of the Nature and Society Relations Commons, and the Place and Environment CommonsFollow this and additional works at / Suivez-nous ainsi que d’autres travaux et œuvres:https://scholars.wlu.ca/thegooseThis article is brought to you for free and open access by Scholars Commons @ Laurier. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Goose by anauthorized editor of Scholars Commons @ Laurier. For more information, please contact scholarscommons@wlu.ca.Cet article vous est accessible gratuitement et en libre accès grâce à Scholars Commons @ Laurier. Le texte a été approuvé pour faire partie intégrantede la revue The Goose par un rédacteur autorisé de Scholars Commons @ Laurier. Pour de plus amples informations, contactezscholarscommons@wlu.ca.Recommended Citation / Citation recommandéeBurnett, Elizabeth-Jane. "Mornlings." The Goose, vol. 14 , no. 1 , article 27, 2015,https://scholars.wlu.ca/thegoose/vol14/iss1/27.Mornlings  First recorded speech of the author and a starling for seven consecutive days.  Morning…morning.   Curr curr eeee eeee eeee eeee. Shake-a-shake-a-shake.  Wooeee wooeee wooeee! F***! You f***er.   Curr whip whip whip curr curr eeee. Give, give to the river.  (-) Well, that was a waste of time.  Eeee eeee eeee eeee. Hi, New Street station please. (-) Namaste.    Curr curr whip curr curr eeee.  *Field note: am not as good  a morning person as starling. Try inverting species speech for better results.    Morning…morning. Oh, f***’ssake. Whip whip curr eee wooeee!  *Field note: habitual speech  patterns are hard to break.    Eeee eeee wooeee!   Curr whip wooeee!   Woo whip eeee eeee.   Wooeee wooeee currcurr. 1Burnett: MornlingsPublished by / Publié par Scholars Commons @ Laurier, 2015  Eeee eeee eeee.   (-)   Eeee eeee eeee.   Eeee eeee eeee.   Wooeee!    (-)                   ELIZABETH-JANE BURNETT is a poet and academic with a focus on innovative poetics and environment. She holds a BA in English from Oxford, an MA and PhD in Contemporary Poetics from Royal Holloway, University of London, and has studied performance at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York and Naropa. Her work includes Her Body: The City (2005), THIS IS MY ECONOMY: slam poems for quiet people (2009) and oh-zones (2012) and has been anthologised in Dear World and Everyone In It (Bloodaxe, 2013) and Out of Everywhere 2 (Reality Street, forthcoming). She also curates text-led ecopoetics exhibitions and is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Newman University in Birmingham. 2The Goose, Vol. 14, No. 1 [2015], Art. 27https://scholars.wlu.ca/thegoose/vol14/iss1/27

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