Dawnings
November
By Nicholas Hooper
Not so cold this time
as our planet gets warmer
but still that chill of November,
the month that heralds Christmas
and Solstice and the ending of the year.
Life seems thinner now
True, there is the cheerful song
of the robin but often now the corvid sings
a language of complaint and a darkness takes the day
as we wait for the glint of light which comes with this season of togetherness.
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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