a walk
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This work is anchored in the text written by the English poet David Cain. Our conversation started with an impromptu discussion about sound, words, breath, and the orality of poetry—a terrain we both greatly share. At that time, I was looking for a text for this piece, so I asked him if he had written anything about Berlin. He had. Reading his text, I was amazed not only by the ‘acoustic’ of the words but also the tempo changes, the steps through the streets, and building of the city.
With the word of David Cain:
“This poem is a walking poem. It was composed across several walks through the city of Berlin. When writing a walking poem, I like to adapt a technique from Plein Air painting - to 'observe slowly, create quickly’. I believe that by writing in this way poetry can help us to use the past to navigate the present. This poem about Berlin is very much an act of memo-location - The way by which we find our way through life by memories.”
Soprano voice
Pages - 42
Evan J Lawson
Man-Ching Donald Yu
