Lullaby for a Young Road for voice and piano
Text by Jorn Ake
Dennis Tobenski
Lullaby for a Young Road At day's end, I lie down like a quiet path. I say my name before I sleep, once secretly, and once to my path so that it may remember my location. Little traveler, I say, when I wake, carry me like a lamb to my name. Jorn Ake (b. 1964)
to Darien Shulman for his 29th birthday
Lullaby for a Young Road
Jorn Ake (b. 1964)
Voice
DENNIS TOBENSKI (2009)
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Copyright © 2009 Dennis Tobenski. All Right Reserved. "Lullaby for a Young Road" from Asleep in the Lightning Fields Text Copyright © 2002 Jorn Ake. Used with the kind permission of Jorn Ake and the Texas Review Press.
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New York, NY 24-25 October 2009
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