Dawnings
Give life
By Nicholas Hooper
So calm, so soft, so free
the dandelion seed, the sycamore copter
fly through the warm air
and drop
drop
drop
to find a place of rest and growth
and so give life
to another and another and another
growing the grove of flowers and saplings
to make a small nest of nature
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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