Life matters.  Family matters. Every word matters.  The truth matters.

 Let words build bridges between me and you. This is love.

"Winter Calls for You" Set to Music & Sung in London

The breathtakingly talented musician Sarah Marze set my poem "Winter Calls for You" to music. I feel deeply honored.  The Goldsmiths Choral Union sang it on December 13, 2024 at St. John's, Sloane Square, London, under the direction of Jack Apperley. Sarah Marze will have an enduring impact on the world of music. Check out her site at sarahmarze.com.

Winter Calls for You

Sky cover, an eggshell: translucent

Time steeper, sleep keeper, silence dreamer.

Life is at rest and mother-warmed within

A globe within a globe, all life, one life

Under the sun, the press of mother love

And silence, sky cover fractures, dissolves

Light and shadow, swaddles the newborn day

With love promise: winter is for closed eyes

And slowed, quiet hunger. Let spring wake you,

Unwrap you, hold you, raise you lightward,

Open-eyed, filled with dreams of winter night,

Returned from the universe of star souls.

So ends the year as winter starts anew.

Cold earth dims her lights and calls for you.

Angelou, Berry,  Oliver, and Carlson: Poetry at Firefly Hill Farm, Woodbury

My poem "Walking" greets guests who walk the trails at Firefly Hill Farm at 1692 North Main Street in Woodbury, Connecticut. The mindful forest walks are open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from now until December 1. The Siemon family have put poems, including pieces by Maya Angelou, Wendell Berry, and Mary Oliver, nature facts, and wooden sculptures along the trails for a wonderful experience of nature, poetry, and art.

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Choral Song in Woodbury

This is the world premiere of composer Sarah Marze's choral song titled "Waking, Dreaming," performed at the Leroy Anderson House national historic landmark in Woodbury, Connecticut. 

The song is derived from a sonnet of the same name by Woodbury poet laureate Sandy Carlson. 

Marze, pianist Emma Bocciarelli, and the Voicebox octet and its conductors demonstrated how they transform words into music.