Dawnings
five
By Nicholas Hooper
minutes to write this
to right a wrong
to play a song
as dawn breaks though
the night that you
had dreams of deadlines
but sitting on a lay line
under a hawthorn tree
feeling that you be free
to create another day
go now and play.
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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