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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

author, poet, teacher, and performer

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“Improvisation” from The Safety of Edges

April 2, 2021

A poem about meeting the music of each moment.

IMPROVISATION

only happens
                        when it happens

though years may have passed
       so what happens
might happen

the musician who gets it right
       gets it right
              right now

       don’t wait
when it happens
       happen

“Improvisation,” by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma
THE SAFETY OF EDGES
Marrowstone Press, Seattle

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