“To dream anything that you want to dream. That's the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed.” -- Bernard Edmonds

Shadow Haiku
Three Poems for Soprano
Composed:
First Performed: Coe College

First dream of the year
I Kept it a dark secret
Smiling to myself
          Sho-u

From that brief moment
When the firefly went out
O lonely darkness
          Hokushi

After moon viewing
My companionable shadow
Walked along with me
          Sodu