Let the Light Pour In by Lemn Sissay audiobook review – salutations to the dawn

Every day for 10 years, Lemn Sissay rose to write a poem to the break of day, a witty and profound collection recited here with his customary verve

Let the Light Pour In is “an experiment in hope”. For 10 years, the My Name Is Why author had been rising at dawn each day, writing a poem and posting it on social media. Those poems have since been turned into songs and tattoos, and emblazoned as murals on city walls.

The project also yielded this collection of poems about early morning and the meeting of darkness and light. In his introduction, Sissay says that poetry is “a daily practice. My meditation. It can take minutes or hours. A friend advised me to ‘Wake with enthusiasm to the dawning of each day’. I like that ‘cause when I write I feel like I am opening the windows to let the light pour in.”