microscopic muses

 Land of my forefathers  Calling me home To reclaim the voice Of my Muse

  Forgiveness …… not just about forgiving others But …… being able to forgive  ourselves 

 

    Still Always

  Could silence be sound Bound for those places Deeper than ears.   Where darkness is light, Where your minds eyes, are opened *wide(r)*

  Show caption Autobiography and memoir All Down Darkness Wide by Seán Hewitt review – reflections on sex, caring and loss The poet explores his Catholic upbringing, queerness and the highs and lows of love, in an elegantly conceived memoir Michael Donkor Thu 21 Jul 2022 06.00 EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The poet Seán Hewitt’s first foray into memoir unfolds in the nonlinear way favoured by many contemporary exponents of the form. We move with elegant fluidity between phases of Hewitt’s life: recollections of growing up near Liverpool with a developing sense of his queerness; his complex and furtive sexual experiences at university; the development of his literary interests; the illness and devastating death of his father. At the core of the book, however, is the writer’s relationship with the inscrutable Elias. Elias is a Swedish student Hewitt meets while backpacking across South America after having finished his English degree at Cambridge. They begin ...