Dancing Seas

By: Laura Aakjær

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Synopsis: This is a collection of savioursWithout whom I would not have survivedIt tells tales About heartbreak so severe one wasn’t sure one would survive itAnd of losing, and therefore feeling lostLosing, and therefore feeling empoweredIt’s about wanting to get better, but not sure if one ever can.This collection will prove that it is possibleBut that it is okay to feel like it isn’tI know becauseWhen the flood cameThe words taught me how to floatWhen the waves tossed me aroundI already knew how to flyDancing Seas, by the Danish writer Laura Aakjær, is composed of more than a hundred autobiographical poems divided into the themes of ‘Falling’, ‘Floating’ and ‘Flying’.Laura’s poems, most of them a few lines long, use their position on the page to enhance the impact of her precisely chosen words. Despite their brevity, they manage to encompass a wide variety of moods: from profound grief to swooning ecstasy; from a delicate wistfulness to a raging defiance.