Ina Coolbrith (1841-1928) was the first California Poet Laureate. "Was it the Wind?" premiered at GALA Choral Festival 2016. "Was it the Wind?" is the last stanza of the poem "California" from Songs From the Golden Gate (1895). Themes of nature, wind, water, sunset, the Golden Gate, Mount Tamalpais, and Sausalito. For two antiphonal choirs.