by Garrett Medlock (b. 1993)
SMELL
Language: English
Earth and rain water and earth The pine trees waft a scent of knowing Echoes of past life My brother and I roaming the woods and mountainsides Playing, fighting, laughing skipping stones climbing trees The smell of blood my mother nursing a scrape on my knee Mixed with the smell of her perfume metal and sweet The night air gusts lashes the cuts on my face the smell is gone only cold emptiness frost coming on
Text Authorship:
- by Garrett Medlock (b. 1993), "SMELL", written 2023
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Garrett Medlock (b. 1993), "SMELL", 2023, published 2025, copyright © 2025, first performed 2024 [ tenor, bassoon, and piano ], from If You Use Your Senses, no. 3, Lupine Press [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-09-04
Line count: 19
Word count: 76