The gateless gate opens
To reveal no sound
Except the hum of life

These are our eons
Cast all around us
We are blind to them

I hear the sound of surf
Sweeping all mind away
But there is great unity

Let’s all move in time
Above the morass
We call human life

Inspired by The White Noisery (2012) by Jennifer Walshe

This poem was composed for the Musarc Winter Konsert 2023: We Are Participating.
There was a Shared Reader and Writing Project for members of the choir and this was my final input after several discussions and Zoom calls. The poem was incorporated into a psalm “The night is cold and the radio seems to be on”, which was written by members of the choir and performed with the audience.

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“Without a doubt, hers is the most original compositional voice to emerge in Ireland in the last 20 years.” Michael Dervan, The Irish Times