https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings2 daily 0.75 2026-01-12 https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings2/whyishare monthly 0.5 2026-01-09 https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings2/whyiwrite monthly 0.5 2026-01-12 https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings2/tenyearsinamsterdam monthly 0.5 2026-01-12 https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings2/on-parenting-pandas monthly 0.5 2026-01-08 https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings2/on-purpose monthly 0.5 2026-01-12 https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings2/on-perfectionism monthly 0.5 2026-01-08 https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings2/on-the-long-days-and-short-years monthly 0.5 2024-09-18 https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings2/on-authenticity monthly 0.5 2024-09-18 https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings2/onresistance monthly 0.5 2024-09-18 https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings2/on-suffering-in-silence-post-birth monthly 0.5 2024-09-18 https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings2/onimpostersyndrome monthly 0.5 2024-09-18 https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings2/onbeingamuminapandemic monthly 0.5 2024-09-18 https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings2/ondoingnothing monthly 0.5 2024-09-18 https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings2/ongrace monthly 0.5 2026-01-08 https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings2/onbeingpregnant monthly 0.5 2024-09-18 https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings2/onfear monthly 0.5 2024-09-18 https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings2/on-altruism monthly 0.5 2024-09-18 https://www.sunlightlater.com/home daily 1.0 2026-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/cb6f54ed-0032-4431-b7da-0b10e2750bcf/League+Spartan+%281%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/03612b63-4fc3-4737-9abd-d9655421f940/League+Spartan+%282%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/3694cac4-c935-4d92-878b-45535d6851ca/Jo+Matthews+Poet.jpg https://www.sunlightlater.com/resources daily 0.75 2026-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511387030-5LI1E5QMVTQ2RY9S00A4/20140228_Trade+151_0046+1.jpg Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511440608-5BVMHVN4WR2I9YQV1WWR/Aro+Ha_0010+1.jpg Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511467879-K5J9BYNACHJVDV3BNSFU/Aro+Ha_0387+1.jpg Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511743693-J3A8OYH6X8C7RXNU5K0J/20140301_Trade+151_0124+1.jpg Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/986466ca-533c-497d-ba83-ca60c0f5b3b7/Everything+is+waiting+for+you.png Resources Everything is Waiting for You by David Whyte https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/ca02ece3-32c6-412f-8ef3-a9cee7addf9e/Advice+not+given.png Resources Advice not Given by Mark Epstein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/58b1b1a7-cde2-4de1-9ee4-8aeaeff6ae5c/A+poetry+handbook.png Resources Mary Oliver's A Poetry Handbook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/eb57464f-f1a3-47b1-95be-a7413169b5cc/First+we+make+the+beast+beautiful.png Resources First, we make the beast beautiful https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/4f35461f-7a95-44e2-bdf9-0f54bf46e33a/In+the+palm+of+your+hand.png Resources In the Palm of Your Hand by Steve Kowit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/05060387-8ccb-4afe-8725-740f58211882/Four+Thousand+Weeks.png Resources Four Thousand Weeks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/464b9deb-9d00-4ba0-9f39-16d8e4a108f2/Poetry+as+Survival.png Resources Poetry as Survival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/aeacc2c6-a67f-42c7-b98b-6cc72290fd3b/Radical+Acceptance.png Resources Radical Acceptance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/25d459f9-ecec-4896-9175-75358e681fb2/Poetry+Unbound.png Resources Poetry Unbound, Padraig O Tuama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/ec782bce-c8ee-4cae-baa4-b4178cd44ffb/the+lion+trackers+guide+to+life.png Resources The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/30267fb8-eb18-46a8-aaca-ea69bf006e61/The+Hurting+Kind.png Resources The Hurting Kind by Ada Limon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/efc76335-cd48-461d-9e1a-0a835385c4e5/The+untethered+Soul.png Resources The Untethered Soul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/720e84ae-17b4-45a7-95b6-59f57fe56db1/tea+and+cake+with+deomons+%281%29.png Resources The Fire of Joy, Clive James https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/8bcd752b-8936-4ff3-a036-1a8c8695cb64/The+wisdom+of+insecurity.png Resources The Wisdom of Insecurity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/da85d03c-7a6c-4c8e-8147-6064e566deb5/tea+and+cake+with+deomons+%282%29.png Resources Writing Down the Bones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/a56d503b-ef91-415a-b1dc-6ba7fc44d461/Travelling+Mercies.png Resources Travelling Mercies https://www.sunlightlater.com/aboutjo daily 0.75 2026-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/170d9028-3deb-47ac-be38-23e76a7a5b18/Jo+Matthews+Writer+Poetry.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/1590239347720-AV4XQTACOHS5WC8A9F4Y/sunlight+later.jpg https://www.sunlightlater.com/four-thousand-weeks daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://www.sunlightlater.com/theuntetheredsoul daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://www.sunlightlater.com/teaandcakewithdemons daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://www.sunlightlater.com/teaandcakewithdemons-1 daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://www.sunlightlater.com/theliontrackersguidetolife daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://www.sunlightlater.com/travellingmercies daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://www.sunlightlater.com/apoetryhandbook daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://www.sunlightlater.com/firstwemakethebeastbeautiful daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://www.sunlightlater.com/firstwemakethebeastbeautiful-1 daily 0.75 2026-01-19 https://www.sunlightlater.com/radicalacceptance daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://www.sunlightlater.com/thecreativeact daily 0.75 2026-01-09 https://www.sunlightlater.com/workwithme daily 0.75 2026-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/3eff2f19-8cda-456f-ae7e-978f01723400/_MG_2227.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/39f6e88d-1658-419f-8ced-f0ed627505cf/RESISTANCE++%286%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/0f188b8d-40ff-4a54-887c-7988e2894fe1/_MG_2189.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/5fd10b8f-8998-46e3-8591-b3caaf772a9e/_MG_2175.jpg https://www.sunlightlater.com/ponderings daily 0.75 2026-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/ed334128-65d8-4ec0-8140-5d8429202a2c/Amsterdam+%282%29.png Reflections So then maybe the careers, the callings, the life’s work — maybe that’s the side-stuff, not the main event. And maybe if we make it our purpose to enjoy, to notice, to be unadulteratedly unapologetic about who we are, meaning begins to fall into place on its own? Maybe purpose isn’t something we choose. Maybe it was always meant to be the map we wander by, not the mandate we strong-arm ourselves into submission with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/9affa527-ff69-45dd-891f-cd7ed6ba3460/Amsterdam+%283%29.png Reflections Over the last ten years, I’ve realised that poetry has become my true home as a writer. If my journal offers a space for pouring out, poetry offers a container — a way to distill and focus on what really matters. Through becoming a mother, living away from home, surviving global lockdowns with small children, getting married again, grieving losses, navigating illness in my family, and finding ways to keep starting over, poetry has been the place I turn to. It offers just enough distance to glimpse beauty in a moment of pain, or insight in the midst of devastation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/e0772dfa-ee99-49c6-b0f3-3166150662dd/Amsterdam.png Reflections So on day one in Amsterdam, I found myself with zero job, one friend, two suitcases, and a plan to stay for three months. I scuttled up the stairs of the Airbnb I had rented, double-locked the door (after all, Amsterdam — right? Probably being followed by a drug lord). I braved the five-minute trot to the supermarket where I was completely confused by all the beige sandwich fillers and the fact that Visa wasn’t accepted. I went home, unpacked, looked around the sparse apartment, the faint shadow of the owner’s penchant for shells and sheepskin suddenly apparent. Was this just another massive mistake? https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetryassurvival daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://www.sunlightlater.com/everythingiswaitingforyou daily 0.75 2026-01-19 https://www.sunlightlater.com/writingdownthebones daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetryunbound daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://www.sunlightlater.com/thefireofjoy daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://www.sunlightlater.com/thehurtingkind daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://www.sunlightlater.com/inthepalmofyourhand daily 0.75 2026-01-19 https://www.sunlightlater.com/thewoundedstoryteller daily 0.75 2026-01-19 https://www.sunlightlater.com/thewisdomofinsecurity daily 0.75 2026-01-19 https://www.sunlightlater.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-01-19 https://www.sunlightlater.com/books daily 0.75 2026-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/343faa3e-64fc-447e-863a-385ccf21dff9/3341558858_925d323b7f_k.jpg Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/6d6ce9d6-acc5-4337-84fa-c8c6a18cbbd7/imgg-demo-dr4UJ5bT.jpg Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/f5be000f-883d-4b52-8322-13ce5108db47/imgg-demo-nLRbokBp.jpg Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/c812ed72-294d-4773-981c-34c318a9c19f/Sunlight+Later+Cover+Final.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/c1f6f75b-aacd-4d57-a395-1d2ed25bb887/RESISTANCE+%282%29.png https://www.sunlightlater.com/store daily 0.75 https://www.sunlightlater.com/store/p/sunlight-later-1 monthly 0.5 2026-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/05f45b42-6106-4382-893c-8ec084e6b5b2/Sunlight+Later+Cover+Final.jpg Store - Sunlight Later - Sunlight Later Cover Final.jpg https://www.sunlightlater.com/store/p/sunlight-later monthly 0.5 2026-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/05f45b42-6106-4382-893c-8ec084e6b5b2/Sunlight+Later+Cover+Final.jpg Store - Sunlight Later - Sunlight Later Cover Final.jpg https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetry daily 0.75 2026-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/e7143b73-85e1-43b9-8cfe-d924a5487628/28D94879-4FC8-466C-BA47-E5A54E1F928D.JPG https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetry/lullaby monthly 0.5 2026-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/594c9230-9660-4cea-9608-aef713cbceb6/IMG_9691.jpg https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetry/thesedays monthly 0.5 2026-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/c0d405af-859f-4ce9-b59d-1fd820af08b3/IMG_7504.JPG https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetry/dayoff monthly 0.5 2026-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/06a23a47-4e2c-4972-8d5e-d87029336102/IMG_2057.JPG https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetry/wheniwaketofeedmydaughter monthly 0.5 2026-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/681c576e-6258-48cf-bd3a-2a0a272bdd73/IMG_7498.JPG https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetry/fetchingisla monthly 0.5 2026-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/a5f0f26e-33f9-4486-a43d-3610391efc98/200aca26-fa01-46c3-8f01-e0742c492ac2.jpg https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetry/therearemanywaystoviewabody monthly 0.5 2026-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/1f3e6b7b-2186-49d5-85e9-26685b03a50d/IMG_4698.jpg https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetry/winteringoutsummer-ma3zs monthly 0.5 2026-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/190c29da-fd72-4a07-b76f-1fdb96b654b1/IMG_4708.jpg https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetry/secondmarriage monthly 0.5 2026-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/826ba410-f34c-4a52-bcdd-b2098675dc31/84e684a2-6392-4b0e-82af-25ec9f6dcfa5.JPG https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetry/ifiwasgoingtodietomorrow monthly 0.5 2026-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/2e840b30-1ad6-4d0e-972e-1819c04afabe/IMG_0550.JPG https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetry/notetoself monthly 0.5 2026-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/7bef46b0-ccd9-4d82-bf5b-d97516893971/IMG_2826.jpg https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetry/watchingdumboinyokohama monthly 0.5 2026-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/4ecee650-8c62-47b3-9527-b9ac8f10a08a/IMG_7989.jpg https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetry/whatthingstonotice monthly 0.5 2026-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/02541604-1f02-47d4-97a8-f2048f323b5b/IMG_0531.jpg https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetry/awalkinthepark monthly 0.5 2026-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/8663207e-6aad-48d6-abe5-f568fe14e9f1/IMG_7942+%282%29.JPG https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetry/birds monthly 0.5 2026-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/5ce38bc9-1e2d-415a-bab3-e37212fea847/IMG_0254.JPG https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetry/sometimeswhoiam monthly 0.5 2026-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/ee70d209-4c84-41e6-a5a0-f4e209e3f7bb/IMG_7354.JPG https://www.sunlightlater.com/poetry/vespers monthly 0.5 2026-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb6b47eafe79e0fd49f579d/4d7e1fb9-4f41-4b69-a4ed-4a6faeb503da/IMG_9314.jpg