One of the effects of poetry is to awaken in us an awareness of something that slips by our consciousness day by day. This emotive and deeply expressive choral work relies on the mastery of musical color and the words of an anonymous poet to bring this striking thought to mind. Although the topic is the appreciation of "commonplace things," this choral work is in no way commonplace, but a richly evocative sacred gem to which we give our highest recommendation.