Mapping the Silence is a diverse collection of poems, in a variety of
expressive forms both lyrical and elegiac, that dive deep into exploring
what it means to be human in an age of social and ecological breakdown.
From poems that excoriate political violence to poems of righteous anger
at the destruction of the natural world, the author’s deep engagement
with Afrikan landscapes, the indigenous communities he encounters,
and intimate love poems that merge the human and more-than-human
worlds, inspire radical hope with their lucid vision of the indivisible unity
of life in all its changing aspects.
Amidst a world that seems broken socially, culturally and ecologically,
these poems trace a journey of transformation from grief and loss to
wonder and renewal, inviting us to reimagine our relationship with the
earth and to each other within an integral Cosmos.