Dawnings
A prayer at seventy-three
By Nicholas Hooper
Thank you for my three score years and ten plus three
If it hadn’t been for a caring doctor,
an observant cardiologist and a gifted surgeon
that may have been all of my life
But now I have a new lease
to love, to create, to nurture
and for that I give thanks
to whoever you are
that gives life
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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