Let the Light Pour In cover art

Let the Light Pour In

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

 Preview

Get 30 days of Standard free

£5.99/mo after trial. Cancel monthly.
Try for £0.00
More purchase options

Let the Light Pour In

By: Lemn Sissay
Narrated by: Lemn Sissay
Try for £0.00

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £5.96

Buy Now for £5.96

Season's Savings | £0.99/mo for 3 months

£5.99/mo after 3 months - terms apply. Cancel monthly

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
A SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE BOOK TO GIFT

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’

 European Poetry Themes & Styles World Literature Witty
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1

Critic reviews

"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)
"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

" (JESSICA HYNES)
"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"
All stars
Most relevant
The sounds and rhythm of words is joyous. The privilege of hearing Lem Sissay reading them himself makes it more sublime. The title of the book reflects its content. Just beautiful.

Joy of words

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
What a treasure this is! I have never been much of a poetry reader, but I heard Lemn on the radio at the weekend and was captured by one of his poems. I listened to this book and I think the poems are just beautiful. And it adds to the experience when the poet reads them himself. It certainly pours the light into my day. I'll get the paper book as well to appreciate the poems at a slower pace. Thank you for this treasure trove Lemn!

A Treasure!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Really enjoyable, just a shame it doesn’t tell you the name of the poems before he reads them.

Really uplifting listen

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Such a treat to hear Lemn read his poetry! Love the short snappy poems with such skilful wordplay!

Beautiful!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Very short. A bit of a rip off, really. It’s only a short podcast length.

Lemon

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.