Dawnings
misty dawn
By Nicholas Hooper
a vagueness, as walking down
all is shadows and soft shapes
the known has become unknown
as a bush is a cloud and the shed
a large crouching animal
from some indistinct prehistory
so beauty can come in all shapes and sizes
as the unfocused light of the moon
lights a path of magical mood
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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