Ebban an’ Flowan was the world’s first poetic primer on marine renewable energy.
The Draukie’s Tale: Origin Myth for Wave Energy’ poem was first published in the edited collection, Ebban an’ Flowan, created by Alec Finlay with myself and Alistair Peebles, published by morningstar.
The poem, written in the style of an oral myth, was part of the Alien Energy research project at IT University of Copenhagen.
The edited book focuses on the Orkney islands, as the leading international test site for this nascent energy industry. Ebban an’ flowan explores the technical and mythic vocabulary which is evolving alongside marine energy devices.
Republished in an energy anthology
‘The Draukie’s Tale was republished for a new audience in Energy Humanities: an Anthology, edited by Imre Szeman and Dominic Boyer, published by John Hopkins University Press.
The poem sits alongside around fifty other articles, ranging from poetry to essays, from authors including Margaret Atwood, Italo Calvino, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Gabrielle Hecht, Cymene Howe, Graeme Macdonald, Joseph Masco, and Timothy Mitchell.