Siesta time opens doors to cooler spaces
Is restorative to mind, an elixir for dreams

From “Old Albaicín”

Step away from the noise for a while. The Unexpected View gathers fifty poems and paintings drawn from high fells, restless seas and quiet woods, each one an invitation to slow down and see the world, and yourself, a little differently. Rooted in the gentle wisdom of the Tao, these are poems about what grows when we stop pushing: stillness, wonder, and the quiet potential waiting in every one of us.

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The Unexpected View: Poems & Paintings

By Robin Kite

Fifty poems and paintings to carry with you, including the prize-winning Zennor. Read them slowly, one at a time, and find your own unexpected view.

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More from the collection

The great shift approaches
Retrieving lost horizons
Forging silvers up from night

From “Zennor”, prize-winning poem

UNEXPECTED
Tonight is night of otherworldly clarity
A darkness and light of absolute unity

From “Ridgeway Walk at Night”

UNEXPECTED
Elusive treasure, ethereal on wing –
Earth set gem come ghost of night
Too swift through dark to bid farewell
In nocturne course of roding flight.

From “Woodcock”

UNEXPECTED