The Layers Themes

Big changes are a'comin'! "The Layers" is all about transformations. The speaker describes his cyclical journey through life filled with turns and twists, ups and downs, and lots of new beginnings....

Sound the death knell but don't get too comfortable. "The Layers" deals with mortality in many indirect (and a few direct) instances. The poem both acknowledges and challenges the idea of finality,...

Like mortality, time has a haunting presence in "The Layers." This speaker has "done time," if you know what we mean (not jail time, but real time). He's meandered through many time periods and he'...

Wisdom? It's like Truth with a capital "T," or a universal insight, right? When it comes to wisdom, this isn't the speaker's first rodeo into the metaphysical domain. "The Layers" is about a guy wh...

The speaker in "The Layers" is no stranger to solitude, or feeling isolated from his peers and surroundings. It can be a lonely road for an old soul, or a yogi, or just some retiree getting up in a...