Dawnings
The bully
By Nicholas Hooper
One big bully bird waddles around scaring all the small ones
But one knock on my window and the big bully bird is gone, scared off by my sound
And now the little ones come to look and feed:
A dunnock
A robin
A greenfinch
A bluetit
They’re shy of me
But not as shy as the bully is
So bullies beware: there’ll always be someone or something bigger than you!
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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