Welcome to the
Dayn Schulman Poetry Archive

Dayn Schulman (1971-2006) was a peaceful warrior, a startling and gifted spirit, an iconoclast, a lover, a tremendous surfer and waterman, a wildman, an insightful and patient human, a musician, a holy goof, and in the end, something of a mystery to even his best friends.

He was also a poet who wrote consistently and took a great deal of pride in the craft. To honor his amazing soul and to perhaps better understand the dramatic way he chose to leave this planet, his poetry has been compiled in this archive. Alternately deeply spiritual, heartbreakingly romantic and grotesquely surreal, Dayn's poetry reflects his intense and mercurial life. To read it is to remember what a beautiful, bizarre experience it was just hanging out with him. Many of these poems were addressed directly to the love of his life, Shannon Murphy, and the deep love he felt for her is evident in them.

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Accept Impermanence
Amorphous Milestone
And The Like
Artificial Lighting
Authentic Elements
Because Nowhere May Be Better Than Nothing
Be Still
Cornishgamehenz
Dark Shark
The Dew Drop Roses
Disfigured
Full Moon In Virgo
Having To Be Here
I Only Write at the Start and End
Lonely
The Message Collection
Poems Aren't Nice
The Slow Drift
Shoot Me The Details
Shot in the Dark
Spell
Topaz
Two Phoenixes
Uncle
The Weirdo and The Bitch
The Western Brink
When I Hold You Again
Window and Rain

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Please email any of Dayn's poetry and photos you may have to the Archive. Check back in as the archive grows. If you didn't know Dayn personally, perhaps this tribute from his memorial will give you a better understanding of the man.