Fragment No. 9 highlights the last three lines of the poem "Exile," by the Portuguese poet Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919-2004).
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Fragment No. 9
Fragment No. 8
Fragment No. 8 features the first two lines of the poem A Center by Chinese-American poet Ha Jin.
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Fragment No. 7
Fragment No. 7 features an excerpt of the poem Escuto (tr. "I listen,") by the Portuguese poet Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919-2004).
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Fragment No. 6
Fragment No. 6 features an excerpt of the poem "Some Final Words," by Billy Collins (b. 1941)
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Fragment No. 5
Fragment No. 5 features an excerpt of Sabbath Poem No. I, 1992, by Wendell Berry (b. 1934).
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Fragment No. 4
Fragment No. 4 features the first two lines of the poem "Connecticut" by Douglas Crase (b. 1944).
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poetry requires sunlight
poetry requires sunlight
& lots of walking, because
motion is also needed
to coax every word
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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 →
