To a Sunbeam and Other Poems

Poet Brandon Dumont captures the quest for the brightest experiences possible to the human spirit in this collection of poems about love, ambition, philosophy, and art.

"One to re-read and savour." — Suzie Grogan, author of John Keats: Poetry, Life and Landscapes

Brandon Dumont's To a Sunbeam and Other Poems celebrates the effort to attain our greatest values, honoring the longing for them when they elude us and the rapture when we achieve them. In forty-one poems, Dumont explores the ways our values give profound meaning to our lives, from the exhilaration of dawning romantic love, to the elation of discovering intensely inspiring art. Turning also to the challenges of such a pursuit, Dumont in the second half of the collection contemplates the importance of remaining fiercely devoted to our sacred values, despite how dishearteningly remote they may be.

Serious, glittering, enchanting, this ode in praise of the best possible within us reveals how we can earn and defend our rightful places of radiant happiness.