The Extinct Birds Society Presents

The Archive

By day, the Society catalogs classical verse. By night, they steal it back and set it to music. This is the restoration log: the original poems, the lyrics they became, and the notes in between.

Hope Is the Thing with Feathers cover art
Emily Dickinson, 1861

“Hope” Is the Thing with Feathers

The Extinct Birds Society feat. Fay Dodo — source text, full lyrics, and a close reading.

A Dream Within a Dream cover art
Edgar Allan Poe, 1849

A Dream Within a Dream

Rouxandra — source text, full lyrics, and a close reading.

L'albatros cover art
Charles Baudelaire, 1861

L’Albatros

Fay Dodo — source text, full lyrics, and a close reading.

If cover art
Rudyard Kipling, 1910

If—

The Extinct Birds Society feat. Fay Dodo — source text, full lyrics, and a close reading.

Rondelul lucrurilor cover art
Alexandru Macedonski, 1886

Rondelul lucrurilor

Rouxandra x Pishkou — source text, full lyrics, and a close reading.

As Syllable from Sound cover art
Emily Dickinson, c. 1862

As Syllable from Sound

Uncle Bro — source text, full lyrics, and a close reading.

Perfect Silence at the Stars cover art
Walt Whitman, 1865

Perfect Silence at the Stars

Uncle Bro — source text, full lyrics, and a close reading.

Ulisse! cover art
Omero, trad. Pindemonte, 1822

Ulisse!

Sons of Troy — source text, full lyrics, and a close reading.

Belle de nuit cover art
Ignace Nau, c. 1836

Belle de nuit

Fay Dodo — source text, full lyrics, and a close reading.

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