The Carpenter is the closing poem and instrumental from Joel Porter’s Sophomore EP, “Hiraeth.” It features a poem Joel wrote for his paternal grandfather, Kenneth (a carpenter). The poem depicts his grandfather at his workbench, looking fondly back at the life he has lived and the gifts he was both...
[Voice out of the off]
Dusk seeped in from the west
As his hands softly met the old structure
Illuminating wrinkles in his leathery hands
They aligned so precisely with the cracks and grains of wood
Each one in its own timeline
Narrating the stories and lore
Of their long, useful lives
Little proofs of what they had conceived
Together, fortunate
The old bench and his carpenter
[Instrumental]
The Carpenter was written by Joel Porter.
The Carpenter was produced by Eric Hillman.
Joel Porter released The Carpenter on Fri Aug 03 2018.