The Poetry Project

Preserving Universal: A Listening Composition

Jen Hunter Connelly

xxx1. Night Chorus, Saratoga Springs, NY

Does night come first or day?

xxxxxxxIs night
xxxxxxxdarkness first then light
xxxxxxxrise or set beginning

The quietly increasing chirping

xxxxxxxcircular
xxxxxxxas an echo

xxx2. Iron Bark Gorge, Victoria, Austrailia

Next the birds come in
xxxxxxxa different chirping

Sunshine & finding the whole world new
xxxxxxxa Sunday

Is there water? Only suggestion

Harmony playing their parts

xxxxxxxa sound is always in the present
xxxxxxxGreen
xxxxxxxPink
xxxxxxxBlue
xxxxxxxYellow

Close your eyes
They'll tell you
Breathing
Opens

xxxxxxxInterlude

What do you want next?
Proceed in any direction
xxxxxxxor return

Waves take you out,
xxxxxxxand bring you back

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