Dawnings

interruption

By Nicholas Hooper

how it happens
and it happens
and it happens
interruption

as you think
as you look
as you listen
interruption

so hard to create
to concentrate
to feel the flow
interruption

it grabs you
it spoils space
it demands
interruption

it is the cuckoo
in your head
throwing out
all your ideas

so find a space
find a place
where it can’t get
and drink tea

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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