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Timothy C. Takach
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I am Growing Flowers
A beautiful round-based piece with text from Pakistani poet Noor Unnahar.
SSATB a cappella
This beautiful round-based piece explores the beauty we can hold inside ourselves as a safe place, as a quiet place of hope. Pakistani poet Noor Unnahar’s few lines are enough to conjure a cascading musical melody that repeats and becomes something larger through textural shifts and specific harmonic changes. Teach your singers 12 bars of music and they will know half of the piece!
Composer’s Notes
A tiny poem—just a few lines—yet it holds within it
such profound hope and resilience. As individuals,
as communities, as a nation, we all endure seasons of
darkness. And as a Minnesotan, I know winter well. It
seems that if we hunker down and gather our lives a little
closer—loved ones, pets, blankets—we may emerge, after
a time, unscathed and ready for whatever comes next.
Within each of us, there are quiet, hidden spaces—places
of nourishment and possibility—where hope takes root.
And perhaps, on the other side of darkness, something
luminous awaits.
The music unfolds in a quasi-round between the voices.
While not a true round, I shaped moments that break the
form open, allowing for greater expression and deliberate
contouring. The overlapping entrances and recurring
motifs create a sense of familiarity, giving the piece a
meditative quality. And when the climax arrives, it emerges
in striking contrast to what came before, like light breaking
through shadow.
Find a small, quiet place in your heart. Plant flowers. Hold
onto hope. Nurture beauty. Show the light where to start.
– Timothy C. Takach, 2025
About the Poet:
Hailing from the city of Karachi, Noor Unnahar is a pioneering creative voice associated with the international publication and social media industry with over 6 years of experience. She received her BFA from the esteemed institution of Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture in 2022, where she was the recipient of Dr. Salim Uz Zaman award for the best Final Research Paper for her undergrad research. Her work has been recognized globally and continues to grow across the continents. Her poetry has been translated into a number of languages, which include published translations of her
debut collection Yesterday I Was the Moon (Penguin Random House, 2018) in Dutch (Gisteren Was Ik De Maan,
MUSE, 2019) and Chinese (Pan Press, 2021). Her latest collection of poetry New Names for Lost Things was published
in October 2021 by Andrews McMeel and continues to bring raving reviews from readers around the world. A number of poems from New Names for Lost Things have been translated into Albanian and published in PEN International (Kosovo) magazine (JUNE 2022).
Text
I am growing flowers
in the darkest part of my heart
for if light ever enters
it would know where to start
– noor unnahar, used with permission
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