Well the lights just blew in our office and an imminent descent into darkness awaits the anxious individuals penned inside. This certainly would never happen with led gu10 bulbs! What better moment for a poem about darkness? Read on to hear the eloquent words of the poet, Lois Pedersen, in his ‘Ode to Darkness’.

“There is beauty in the darkness, in the blackness of the night;
In its velvety embrace you can sense the awesome might,
It covers and protects as a mother's loving arms
If you only but surrender to its soft enticing charms.”

I bet some other famous people have imparted fine words on the subject of darkness. Indeed they have, read on if you’re interested.

“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.” – Helen Keller

“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” – Edgar Allan Poe