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National Poetry Day: A Refuge Poem by Shauna Darling Robertson

Posted on by Liz Brownlee

This poem is by Shauna Darling Robertson, from her book Saturdays at the Imaginarium (Troika, 2020). You can choose to watch and listen to her read it or read the poem below the video! 

Dark, My Friend

Darkness came 
and wrapped 
its gentle arms 
around me,

smoothed away 
the worry lines 
that marred my brow,

soothed away 
the great and smaller troubles 
of the day.

Dark, my friend,
I’m feeling 
lighter now.

© Shauna Darling Robertson

Author:

Award-Wining Children's Poet, Author, Wildlife and Climate enthusiast, NPD Ambassador, blogger and owner of Lola the retired alert dog and Paddy the alert dog in training. Books include CLiPPA shortlisted Being Me, Poems about Thoughts, Worries and Feelings, Editor of Shaping the World, Author of Be the Change, Apes to Zebras, The Same Inside, Reaching the Stars and Animal Magic. I visit schools, libraries, literary festivals via Zoom and give lessons on writing poetry for children. http://www.poetryroundabout.com http://www.lizbrownleepoet.com @LizBrownlee@zirk.us @Lizpoet

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