Let the Light Pour In
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Canongate Books
Publishing:2nd Jan '25
£9.99
This title is due to be published on 2nd January, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
For the past decade, Lemn Sissay has composed a short poem as dawn breaks each morning. Life-affirming, witty and full of wonder, these poems chronicle his own battle with the dark and are fuelled by resilience and defiant joy. Let the Light Pour In is a collection of the best of these poems, and a book celebrating this morning practice.
'How do you do it?' said night
'How do you wake up and shine?'
'I keep it simple,' said light
'One day at a time'
I am not sure I've read a more beautiful poetry book -- FEARNE COTTON
Wonderful . . . one of these books that just makes you happy to have in your bag -- JACKIE KAY
I love Lemn for his hard-won light smashed out of darkness like gold from therock. Simple fast quatrains, dawn-written, day after day, just swallow one like an espresso and go -- JEANETTE WINTERSON * * New Statesman, Books of 2023 * *
This wee beauty has me hooked from the preface. We truly have a national treasure in Lemn Sissay -- PATERSON JOSEPH
If you're looking for love
in every day, then find
Let the Light Pour in
by Lemn Sissay
A master of words: what he manages to do with language is help us remember that each word is important -- NIHAL ARTHANAYAKE
Wonderfully quotable . . . within those four lines, so much is said -- CLARE BALDING
The most lovely present -- ANDI OLIVER
A delight and a balm -- ADJOA ANDOH
Full of resilience, defiance and joy * * Muddy Stilettos * *
ISBN: 9781837262670
Dimensions: 178mm x 111mm x 15mm
Weight: 163g
208 pages
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