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Dale Trumbore
Dale Trumbore
The steady rain (from A Calendar of Light)
Amid the “steady rain of bad news,” how are we to find solace?
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A Calendar of Light
TTBB Chorus
The steady rain notes “the steady rain of bad news,” including signs of climate change like rising oceans and melting ice caps. With this onslaught of pain, how are we to find solace? Crooker’s poem suggests starting small, whether that means sowing seeds in a literal garden or planting seeds of change for a metaphorical one.
This piece is excerpted from A Calendar of Light, a 75-minute work that takes the shape of a calendar and holds us accountable for our relationship with the earth, especially in the greater context of climate change. Ultimately, the piece calls for reflection and action.
Composer’s Notes
This work was commissioned by The Esoterics and is dedicated, with gratitude, to its Artistic Director, Eric Banks. A Calendar of Light was composed in part at the Tusen Takk Foundation, with thanks to Geoffrey Peckham and Patricia Melzer for their generous support.
-Dale Trumbore
Text
Amidst the horror, the steady rain
of bad news, the worry over climate change,
coastlines drowned
as ice caps melt, oceans rise, the only thing
I know how to do is tend my garden, turn over the dirt
in even rows, drill in the seed, pat it down,
let the spade sink into gravelly ground.
—Barbara Crooker
This piece excerpts Crooker’s poem “Planting.” The last line of this poem references Seamus Heaney’s poem “Digging.”
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