In the spring of 2006, my grandmother passed away, and for months I looked at different ways to weather the throes of sorrow. One way was a writing project based on Dante’s Divine Comedy, where I approached my grief like a journey through a new and unknown world. This project, which includes some illustrations, took 17 years to complete, and in celebration of this year’s Kwanzaa I am sharing part of it on my website.

To read a sample of the poem, click on the button below.

The images featured here are by Scotty J. Williams, and the poem featured here is © Scotty J. Williams