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Author: Sissay, Lemn

Poetry by individual poets

Published on 21 September 2023 by Canongate Books in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 192 pages
119 x 185 x 21 | 214g

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARA SAINSBURY’S MAGAZINE BOOK TO GIFTFor 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’