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A Song a Day

First embarked on this challenge in the Winter of 2018. Then again in Crete in October 2019.

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A Song A Day – Day 11

Apr 24, 2021Oct 17, 2019 by Bronwyn Eather

A song for the last days of travel this time. I prepare to return home. City, Country, Stone Building nowthe weight of absence so many layersso far from the sourceyour …

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A Song A Day – Day 10

Apr 24, 2021Oct 16, 2019 by Bronwyn Eather

As I pondered the relationship and the difference between pebbles and sand I realised eventually, that sand is sand largely because of the kind of stone it comes from, and …

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A Song A Day – Day 9

Apr 24, 2021Oct 15, 2019 by Bronwyn Eather

Well, the rollocking Red Mary finally found her way through. I think the spirit of the pirate Barbarossa remained after sitting in the grounds of that fortress. Here’s a song …

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A Song A Day – Day 8

Apr 24, 2021Oct 14, 2019 by Bronwyn Eather

While I wrangle with Red Mary, I pulled together a couple of other pieces from the pebble, stone and sand series that I’m writing. This one calls to mind the …

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A Song A Day – Day 7

Apr 24, 2021Oct 13, 2019 by Bronwyn Eather

More thoughts of wind and stone and sea as I wander through lanes and these old stone walls and see the the port. More stone, holding back the ocean. Stone …

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A Song A Day – Day 6

Apr 24, 2021Oct 12, 2019 by Bronwyn Eather

Today, following themes of grit and gumption, necessary strings on every woman’s wiley bow, I found myself remembering Penelope, the wife of Odysseus. While not all modern women think that …

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A Song A Day – Day 5

Apr 24, 2021Oct 11, 2019 by Bronwyn Eather

I couldn’t get from poetic writing back to songwriting today. It took me hours, and luckily, a few poems to which I can return. Yet I still can’t really tell …

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A Song A Day – Day 4

Apr 24, 2021Oct 10, 2019 by Bronwyn Eather

Perhaps it is a poem I wrote today. Contemplation on a stone. Perhaps a spoken word with instruments behind, undulating, rising, falling, melody … clarinet, cello and sparse piano. I …

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A Song A Day – Day 3

May 20, 2021Oct 9, 2019 by Bronwyn Eather

Changing things up a bit today I wanted something darker, more rowdy, a song to holler into the night at a drunken piano bar… Fin de Siècle There are spirits …

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A Song A Day – Day 2

Apr 24, 2021Oct 8, 2019 by Bronwyn Eather

It’s always a challenge to set out not to rhyme in the usual pattern – songs usually rhyme, but poetry doesn’t need to. It’s often hard to hold onto uneven …

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