Consolatio: Michael Rosen: I broke the rule that said I had to stay in the Land of the Dead

Nas: Life's a b&*^h

Lü Buwei: The dead regard a myriad of years as the blink of an eye

Michael Rosen: I broke the rule that said I had to stay in the Land of the Dead

18 May 2022

...I'm a traveller

who reached

the Land of the Dead.

I broke the rule that said I had to stay.

I crossed back over the water.

I dodged the guard dog,

I came out.

I've returned.

I wander about.

I left some things down there....

—Michael Rosen (1946–), beloved British children's book writer and illustrator, who survived being on a ventilator with COVID in April and May 2020. In the Guardian, 13 March 2021. The poem is from his book Many Different Kinds of Love: A story of life, death and the NHS

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Michael Rosen: I broke the rule that said I had to stay in the Land of the Dead

18 May 2022

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