after Winter’s famine comes the Spring

Here's a Felix Dennis poem, taken from the pictured 2014 volume, which I was lucky enough to recently receive as a present :-)


Not all things go wrong ...

Not all things go wrong, and knowing
This, be wary of despair,
As you go through hell — keep going,
Make no brave oasis there.

Through the shadowlands of grieving,
Past the giants, Doubt and Fear,
Heartsick, stunned, and half believing —
Heed no whisper in your ear.

Not all things go wrong — and after
Winter’s famine comes the spring,
Kindness, beauty, children’s laughter —
Joy is ever on the wing.

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Felix Dennis (1947 – 2014)

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