Poems

Decolonise grief Grief is not an emotion. It’s the way love speaks when she’s teaching us impermanence. Don’t rush a grieving soul. There are few human experiences that steer us toward the unseen as powerfully as grief. Nothing returns to “normal.” It returns to... See more

"Come back my soul, do not waste time with the cold-hearted, they do not know your worth. Why do you seek water when you are the stream..."

This is one of those things I post with a voice in my head saying "this is too depressing for most people" but then another voice -- my voice -- saying: "It's not depressing, it's beautiful." It really is, and I hope you find it so. Do you love it as much as I... See more

This poem is a villanelle by the Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas (1914-1953). The poem was written in 1947, and is a kind of clarion call for a defiant spirit in the face of death. I first heard the poem in Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ (2014), in which it serves as a powerful symbol for the strength of humanity, its willingness to survive and endure... See more

Dylan Thomas did not write Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night as poetry for quiet reading. He wrote it as a commandment for the living. Words meant to shake us awake. Words meant to be carried like a torch. We are told to resist. To fight against the slow death of spirit that comes with... See more