Estrangement Blues
On the loneliness of continuing to grow, and making peace with the people who couldn’t come that far.
Danu Poyner
Danu is a writer and founder of Grokkist, a learning community in the deepest sense. His work centres on coherence, curiosity, and helping people make sense of themselves in relation to ideas, experience, and one another.
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Emotional Support Labrador
Nobody asks the labrador what it wants. After a while, the labrador stops asking too.
The Eyes Have It
An old poem rediscovered as a buoyant song on misrecognition, melancholy, and a slowly accumulating ache about the difference between being visible and being known.
Grokkist Newsletter #90
A steady rhythm of curiosity and care, delivered every two weeks.
The Lighthouse Never Sleeps
A hypervigilant lullaby written across twenty-five years.
✨ 7. How to be here
A quiet charter of presence for Grokkist.
✨ 6. Being a Contribution
You don’t have to live up to anyone’s expectations, including your own.
✨ 5. Belonging Beyond Fitting In
You don’t have to fit in to belong. By showing up as you are, you invite others to do the same.
✨ 4. Breathing Into Uncertainty
You don’t have to know where you’re headed. By trusting how you travel, the path will form beneath your feet as you go.