Morning Poems

By Lemn Sissay

From the publisher: 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 fueled by resilience and defiant joy.

From the introduction: These poems have spread in ways I could not have predicted. Artists have made them into murals on city walls and in art centers. People have them as tattoos. They have comforted the unwell. Women have sung them as dawn breaks in the stone circle at Stonehenge. Cafés have them written on their chalkboards. I’m proud of the journeys they have taken.

Favorite poem: Said the mind to the heart / Said the heart to the mind / ‘The important kind of art / Is the art of being kind’

Softcover