` Bearing Witness`
Just a Poet who has journeyed across the barren and beautiful— the austere deserts, shadowed forests, and cruel peaks of a world that whispers truths through its edges.
Life’s tapestry of grief, love, pain, and joy, has marked his every step like footprints in shifting sands.
In the quiet sanctuaries of solitude, where memory lingers like echoes on the water,
Just a Poet taking up the pen—an awakener of healing, to unburden the soul of its weathered cargo.
Just a Poet bearing witness, not to perfection, but to the raw, unyielding truth — to the humanity within each haunting silence, and the beauty in every fleeting storm.
Just a Poet offering a glimpse into thier soul.
— a poet
April 3rd, 2025
Artist Credits © John Powell
Canada 🇨🇦
`Poet` 2018
Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Contemporary
Source: SAATCHI ART
[THOUGHTS]
My poetic journey is deeply intertwined with the sentiment expressed by Robert Frost in his timeless words, "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." These lines have become a guiding truth in my own creative path, reminding me that without the richness of life's experiences, the words I craft would lack meaning and depth.
I hold the belief that a poet's role is not to chase the ideal of perfection, but to confront and illuminate the raw, unyielding truths of existence. It is our responsibility to witness the humanity that resides in every haunting silence and to uncover the fleeting beauty within life's storms.
Life’s tapestry of grief, love, pain, and joy, has marked his every step like footprints in shifting sands.
In the quiet sanctuaries of solitude, where memory lingers like echoes on the water,
Just a Poet taking up the pen—an awakener of healing, to unburden the soul of its weathered cargo.
Just a Poet bearing witness, not to perfection, but to the raw, unyielding truth — to the humanity within each haunting silence, and the beauty in every fleeting storm.
Just a Poet offering a glimpse into thier soul.
— a poet
April 3rd, 2025
Artist Credits © John Powell
Canada 🇨🇦
`Poet` 2018
Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Contemporary
Source: SAATCHI ART
[THOUGHTS]
My poetic journey is deeply intertwined with the sentiment expressed by Robert Frost in his timeless words, "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." These lines have become a guiding truth in my own creative path, reminding me that without the richness of life's experiences, the words I craft would lack meaning and depth.
I hold the belief that a poet's role is not to chase the ideal of perfection, but to confront and illuminate the raw, unyielding truths of existence. It is our responsibility to witness the humanity that resides in every haunting silence and to uncover the fleeting beauty within life's storms.
To write from the soul demands an openness to vulnerability and a steadfast commitment to authenticity. In many ways, poets serve as awakeners of healing, casting light upon the shadows of the human experience and helping to unburden the soul of its weathered cargo. Through our words, we hold a mirror to the world, revealing both its wounds and its wonders.
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