This is not a debut—it’s a declaration. Waterloo Dawn is a devastating, luminous collection that chronicles the journey from chaos to clarity, from addiction to absolution, from heartbreak to the tender violence of love that won’t let go.
With emotional intensity reminiscent of Pablo Neruda and lyrical command that echoes the great romantics, Colin Dawson wields poetic form like a scalpel—cutting through illusion, memory, and longing. These are poems of blood and spirit, of velvet and flame. They do not plead for sympathy; they demand witness.
Across fifty poems, Dawson delivers intimate elegies, brutal confessions, and moments of radiant beauty that feel both timeless and urgently now. Waterloo Dawn is for anyone who’s ever loved too hard, lost too much, or lived with the ache of being fully awake in a broken world.
This is poetry that doesn’t blink.
It’s poetry that knows your name.
“The first poet since Neruda who made me weep in public.”
— Early reader, New York City
Colin Dawson writes with a raw, unfiltered honesty, crafting poetry that lingers long after the final line. His work speaks to anyone who has ever searched for meaning in the dark.
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