Dawnings
Amenbury Lane
By Nicholas Hooper
Whatever next will come to mind?
A wall, a building, a corrugated roof,
and down to the barber who cut my hair mercilessly short
with a fringe!
Amenbury Lane, it was called,
and up the lane, past the scary, brown labrador,
a visit to Barty, a lovely old lady.
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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