Dawnings
An old friend
By Nicholas Hooper
An old friend today
And we will walk and talk
Exchange of news
Finding views
Pausing now to reflect
How are you, old friend?
Is life taking you with it?
Are your songs filling your head?
Do you stumble up steps?
Are your hands still supple?
The answer is in the mist of time
As we stroll the old Oxford way
And find a place to pause to wonder
At how time flies and changes us
To be the old friends that we are
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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