In his debut book, American poet Dakota Wint delves into his personal journey growing up in Detroit, traveling the globe, experimenting with psychedelic drugs, and ultimately having a spiritual awakening.
With a nod to the "Beatnik" poets like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, Dakota Wint's Barefoot Like The Earth offers a fresh perspective on modern poetry, interweaving elements of Eastern Mysticism, American heartache, and backpacking. The poems contained in this collection are thought-provoking, inspiring, and leave a lasting impression on the reader, inviting them to reflect on life's deepest mysteries.
Quotes from the book "Space is a cemeteryWhere everything is alive
and this is the afterlife of the stars
The sun is an egg
that'll hatch into a billion people
And those people will play music and pick flowers
they will become lovers, they will dance around fires,
eat strange plants,
and paint on rocks
and some moon with its big bald head
and pinhole friends will be there for it all"
- Dakota Wint "Poseidon is reluctant but not dead
There's an ocean sleeping inside of your mouth
Calm storms, how they are brewing
Something is coming one day
We all know it
But pretend not to
You are happening,
Right now
Right this second,
You are happening
and it is beautiful."
- Dakota Wint "I have become wood and fire and ashes are not the end"
- Dakota Wint