Dawnings
a word
By Nicholas Hooper
it comes and goes
before it sounds
silently flowing
into dark spaces
where sight lost
in shadows and
voices heard in
distance far, far
away from sense
and reason found
and no note goes
through the barrier
of a web caught
in nighttime dreams
of boats and seas
floating into the
distance………
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About Dawnings:
“Every morning at around 5am I get up and go down to my studio. After a short meditation I write down whatever is in my head, giving myself fifteen minutes to do so. Then moving over to the piano (or a more portable instrument like my Ukulele when I'm away), I improvise and record a piece of music inspired by whatever words I just wrote. It is a great way of keeping both my writing and my composing going and I call these small creations Dawnings. They are mostly unedited, like sketches, so that they keep that fresh feeling of an early morning discovery.”
— Nick Hooper