Dawnings
To and fro
By Nicholas Hooper
To and fro
thoughts come and go
like birds bobbing back
and forth outside my door
Sun on elder flowers
filled with creative powers
and glinting on leaves
in the still morning air
Dunnock is dodging
so scared of being seen
but great tit is there
feeding happily
Thoughts come and go
and like birds in a row
they will dither and scatter
in the still morning air
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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