Dawnings
if you want
By Nicholas Hooper
right now the sky is clearing
light breaking through lines
finding the way to start
and fumbling a word here and there
as time rocks back and forth
in its speed up, slow down rhythm
and here, at this moment
a bell rings and we must go
and worship the day
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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