Summerhall

I’m excited to be the featured writer at this monthly event.

“From The Horse’s Mouth is a monthly spoken word night, for wordsmiths of all genres and levels of experience; so slammers, poets, short story tellers, singer/songwriters, rappers and muses – come and join in with our guest featured writer (a sort of ‘Malt of the Month’ that we all get to taste)”

For those who are familiar with my work, you’ll know that words are extremely important to me.  I often see my songs as poems. Once written on the page, if they can’t stand alone, without music, then they’re not good enough.

Below are some of the songs I’ll be singing which resonate most with me, and hopefully with you.

Same As Letting Go

Hands try to hold the night, that wants to let us go

Arms tired, caught, entwined

Maybe holding on is the same as letting go

 

Shadow

Every move is a move beyond the pale

We’re trying to push ourselves a little forward towards a better place

 

Keep on Walking

I saw a picture speak a thousand words

Without even breathing, it was revealing

A mirror that was shaped with endless curves

In a silhouetted frame that bore my name

 

Found Me a Canyon

Let it flow, let it be

Let your river run naturally

Push on through, pass them by

The rocks that weigh so heavily on your mind

 

Like Warriors

As stoney building towered overheard

We played and laughed by the water’s edge

Pressing rocks down on the riverbed

We walked on water as we marched ahead