Weave In, My Hardy Life

Weave In, My Hardy Life, by Damien Geter (2022)
for SATB divisi

The words of Walt Whitman are timeless. His way of approaching prose with regards to social justice issues during his lifetime speaks truths to the woes of today. Weave in My Hardy Life is a poem that expresses the need (and desire) to consistently fight for causes that lead to a more equitable society. He asks for strength and courage as he pursues these causes. As with Whitman’s poem, the music “weaves” throughout with a constant repeating melody, as well as counterpoint which symbolizes the ability of music to interweave different voices that form a whole — the same way we must lift our individual voices for the good of the order.

Text:
Weave in, weave in, my hardy life,
Weave yet a soldier strong and full for great campaigns to come,
Weave in red blood, weave sinews in like ropes, the senses, sight weave in,
Weave lasting sure, weave day and night the weft, the warp, incessant weave, tire not,
(We know not what the use O life, nor know the aim, the end, nor really aught we know,
But know the work, the need goes on and shall go on, the death-envelop’d march of peace as  well as war goes on,)
For great campaigns of peace the same the wiry threads to weave,
We know not why or what, yet weave, forever weave.

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