Water In Love (2020)
In Water In Love, the chorus recites Ed Bok Lee’s beautiful poem by rendering the words in a collective recitative — at times singing together in unison, and at other times branching off into shorter fragments. Lee’s poem describes a fantastic, idealized love from the point of view of water, connecting two elemental human needs into a meditation on the wild, liquid, and life-sustaining force of love. The chorus provides a wonderful, communal medium for Lee’s important message.
Ed Bok Lee, “Water In Love” from Mitochondrial Nights. Copyright © 2019 by Ed Bok Lee. Used by permission of Coffee House Press, coffeehousepress.org. All rights reserved worldwide.