poetry requires sunlight
& lots of walking, because
motion is also needed
to coax every word
from the joy of darkness
into bright pain:
syllables doused in rain
& stretching for rays
ever beyond reach
poetry requires sunlight
Fragment No. 3
Fragment No. 3 features the last two lines of the poem "Dog Star Sale" by Douglas Crase (b. 1944).
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Fragment No. 2
This is the second video in a series I am working on titled Fragments, which combines brief pieces of original music I have written with short poems or fragments of poetry. Fragment No. 2 (like No. 1) features a haiku by Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828).
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First Light
I was really honored to recently write a new quartet* for St. Francis High School, titled "First Light," which the music performance ensemble premiered last week. The piece is for clarinet, sax, cello and piano, a unique combination that produced some really interesting tone colors. When researching for this piece, I didn't come across many... Continue Reading →
Fragment No. 1
This is the first video in a new series I am working on titled Fragments, which combines brief pieces of original music I have written with short poems or fragments of poetry. Fragment No. 1 features a haiku by Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828).
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New Project: “Fragments”
My latest project, Fragments, is a series combining brief pieces of original music with with short poems or fragments of poetry, for a fleeting moment of refection. I'll be posting a new fragment each week.
David
for years I’ve prayed
God would grant me
an audience, see me
at the nursing home piano
(my good-deed gambit)
provide some big break
the empty chair
some mornings
still bleary and yawning
I stare at the empty chair
across the kitchen table
and ask God to appear
New Sheet Music: leaf by leaf, stone by stone
The sheet music for leaf by leaf, stone by stone from my most recent album Invisible Cities is available now for purchase here via Sheet Music Plus.
