The Kettle
Where the mountain dips, in a place called the Kettle, is where you first can spot the rain. When I was young, I used to think that the rain started there, up from the springs that filled our reservoirs, into the clouds that gathered in the alcove.
We rarely went to the mountain - it was a place filled with rattlesnakes and bears. The lowlands, wet and unpredictable, could swallow you before you even knew that you stepped into a quagmire. Whether this is true, is still yet to be discovered.
As children, we kept to the fields and picked the berries that grew wild in the fence rows. It has always been the wild lands that have called to me and the wild spaces that border the cultivated fields, that have interested me the most.
Listen
Magnolias
This morning
I went out to find peace
I found magnolias
I found the moon
More Poetry Selections
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What does it mean to be human?
What does it mean to sing?
I pick up a match
And light the kindling -
Straw, dried grass, small pieces of wood
When the first flames come it is difficult to look away.
My eyes are happy to watch the flames dance
There was a time that we danced.
I hear the footsteps
The footsteps following the drum
The drum from the hide of an animal, of wildness
With wildness
Beckon in the wildness
What does it mean to be human?
Does it mean that we sing?
but, yes, the birds, the wolves, the whales
All singing with us
I close my eyes, I feel the warmth of the fire
I hear the beat of the drum, I open my mouth
And I release a sound that feels like a song I sang yesterday
A yesterday when words were
spoken,
sung,
carved in stone.
The cycle of it all
The cycle of it all
I am here now
So are you
And isn’t it beautiful to be here together.
I am here now
So are you
Let’s sing
Sing the songs that we once knew.
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Morning.
Crow calls.
Listen longer.
Hear the songbirds.
It is you I dream of.
When will the last of the rains fall?
The birds,
they must build their nests,
sing their calls.
Things take time.
If we give peace,
we will have peace.
If we give love,
we will get love.
If we spread happiness...
Sometimes,
it is difficult.
To place one foot in front of the other,
and to remember:
No matter the destruction,
There will always be
someone, somewhere
who has planted flowers.
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This world is not
made of straight lines
and stillness.
Do you notice
the water as it moves
in and out carving the shore?
I stand
breathing.
The rose hips have dried,
but still hang
from the bush limbs.
I try not to step
on the jellyfish,
for their sake.
About Kendy
Kendy Gable is an interdisciplinary musical artist who interweaves poetry, stories, and melodies. Her work expands beyond the stage, encompassing ceremony, projects and interactive experiences. She believes that music, even though an ethereal art, has the capacity to create space and to hold listeners and the musicians themselves. She is a performing artist, writer, and teacher with a deep interest in the interconnection of humanity and our relationship to the immediate environment in which we live and the natural world that sustains us.
Albums
How to Draw the Wind (March 2026)
The Knowledge of the North Woods (2017)
Projects
Vocal Weaving
Deep listening and weaving your voice within nature’s orchestra to connect to your humanity, community and the more than human earth. The workshop culminates in a collective sound improvisation and one breath meditation.
Open Voice Berlin
A holistic vocal studio working with voices of all experiences in-person throughout Europe and online. Nourishing, connective and empowering workshops, courses, seminars and retreats.
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2019 NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Spazio Tondelli - Riccione, IT 22.04.2019
2018 NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Altmünsterkirche (with Claudio Donzelli) - Mainz, DE 09.03.2018
Melodica Festival - Köln, DE 18.03.2018
Tonfink - Lübeck, DE 19.03.2018
Obenair Festival - Marienberg, DE - 20.05.2018
Body & Soul Festival - Westmeath, Ireland - 23.06.2018
Latitude Festival - Southwold, UK - 13.07.2018
Liedersfestival Thomsdorf - Carwitzer See, DE - 26.07.2018
Klaviernacht + - Dresden, DE -
Lollapalooza Berlin - Berlin, DE - 08.09.2018
2017 NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
New World Stages (with Lard Dog and the Band of Shy) - New York, NY - 08.01.2017
Melodica Festival Paris - Paris, FR - 28.01.2017
Schlosskeller - Darmstadt, DE - 14.02.2017
Postcrypt Coffeehouse - New York, NY - 03.03.2017
People’s Improv Theater (with Lard Dog and the Band of Shy) - New York, NY - 04.03.2017
People’s Improv Theater (with Lard Dog and the Band of Shy) - New York, NY - 11.03.2017
People’s Improv Theater (with Lard Dog and the Band of Shy) - New York, NY - 18.03.2017
Pete’s Candy Store - New York, NY - 10.03.2017
Hamburg Küchensession - Hamburg, DE - 17.03.2017
Prachtwerk - Berlin, DE - 08.07.2017
Schlossgarten - Darmstadt, DE - 27.06.2017
Tonfink - Lübeck, DE - 04.07.2017
Wanderlust Festival Köln - Köln, DE 13.08.2017
Wanderlust Festival Vienna - Vienna, Austria - 20.08.2017
MUZclub (Dear Reader Support Show) - Nürnberg, DE - 04.10.2017
Kulturzentrum Franz K. (Dear Reader Support Show) - Reutlingen, DE - 07.10.2017
Beatpol (Dear Reader Support Show) - Dresden, DE - 22.10.2017
Bahnhof Langendreer (Dear Reader Support Show) - Bochum, DE - 23.10.2017
Prachtwerk - Berlin, DE - 24.10.2017
Badehaus Szimpla - Berlin, DE - 08.12.2017
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Cornell University, Communication, B.S., Concentration Theatre Arts, May 2006
Melbourne University, Creative Writing, Graduate Diploma, November 2008
Academy of Sacred Music, Classical Vocal Training, James White (Penn State University)
Liminal Theatre, Actors Intensive Workshop, Mary Siterenos (Artistic Director) 2008-2009