Writing a Lemn Sissay-inspired four-liner

Let's start this post by saying that this is going to be a very short post compared to what I usually write here, and I know that it is a bit of a break from fantasy mapping tradition. So, I have been to a live poetry reading event with Lemn Sissay at the University of Suffolk on the 23rd of March, where at one point, he was reading out some of his four-line poems that he wrote in the Sunday Times bestseller Let the Light Pour In. When I walked out of that session, I thought to myself, "let's write a four-liner about this event that mimics the action in Lemn's poems".

So, to try and lighten up everyone's spirit going into the Easter holidays, that's exactly what I am going to do - write a four-liner that takes in as much of the event atmosphere as possible. Here's my take on this.

Let the light pour in

Let the imagination breathe in

Laughter overcomes us

And wisers become Tizers.

Having written about Lemn Sissay's event in the most creative way imaginable, let's move on and get back to sharing some more pure cartographic content, as I am hoping to go to Michael Sauter's talk about The Cartographic Fool on the 23rd of April - having enjoyed the Secret Maps lineup of events at the British Library, it is an event that I am very much looking forward to attend, and I am so looking forward to sharing some information about it when the time comes. And one thing is certain... it'll be back to prose writing all the way.

With that, I wish you the best, and hope that you will all enjoy the Easter holidays, right?

Signing off now,

Jakub

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