Dawnings
World warp
By Nicholas Hooper
It feels that the world warps and bends continuously
Old wood jams and all grows and shrinks
Tectonic plates grind and seas rise
Weather changes and gets in
to our little buildings
And nothing stays
the same
would you spend a day watching the clouds spin by
or following a butterfly as it flutters for miles
or sitting by the ever changing river
or watching the dawn flower open
and then seeing it close
as the dark dusk
creeps over
the land?
Nothing stays
the same
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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