grandmother moon – Eleanor Daley

Grandmother moon is a setting of a mystical text by a Mi’kmaq poet, Mary Louise Martin, who lives on a small island in British Columbia. The text describes the beauty and tranquillity of a full moon on a clear night. Daley’s musical writing captures every essence of the text.

She looks into and beyond my soul,

The lacy cedar boughs creating her shadows,

Cedars weave design of midnight canvas.

She looks into and beyond my soul,

She a powerful sacred hoop of full light,

Simplicity against the ebony blues and blacks of night sky land and crystal star people.

She looks into and beyond my soul,

Her round face of translucent beauty and light,

Quiet powers speak out in her name… We’lalin.