A Poem of Loss Created into Phenomenal Song by Paul Fowler

Years ago I wrote a poem called “First Pink.” And some time after that, the phenomenal composer Paul Fowler made it into a remarkable song for The Crossing to sing as part of The Jeff Quartets, a collection of original compositions to honor the loss of a beloved singer. I only recently found the recording of it now available for anyone to listen …

Now that I have been utterly splayed by loss myself, I hear the poem and song in a new way, and it completely completely wrecks and opens me. I love the way Paul conveys both the muddle of loss and the rising of new life after loss. I love how he makes ghosts of the lines linger. And this choir. This choir.  What a gift to have this song and these words meet me again with their promise …