The Night Poet

Some people who write poetry today draw from their traumatic experiences, tragic emotional upbringing or racial and political injustice. Not so with Luis Vargas, The Night Poet. He did not have a terrible childhood. He wasn’t in a gang. His source and reference points are very different. From the age of seven, his father recited poetry as he walked around the house and listened to classical music. From a very early age, music, art, and history added a great deal to his subconscious that would later forge a strong bond with his poetry.

After many years of “climbing the corporate ladder” and existing in the dog eat dog world of business, Luis Vargas’ life took a significant turn. Luis began to live his life from a new perspective; he created "The full possibility of love expressed." He began to draw inspiration from love! A commitment to expressing love in the face of negative choices, and revenge. During this transformative period, Luis Vargas began to appreciate different points of view; he valued the knowledge and experience of others and in turn, began to learn from Rumi, Pedro Neruda, Omar Khayyam and many others.

It was after realizing the freedom that forgiveness can bestow, that spirits came to wake him during the dark hours before dawn. At first, these ‘awakenings’ happened once or twice a week. When these awakenings became more persistent, Luis would wake up suddenly with an intense drive to write. This is when The Night Poet was born. From his hands sprung a river of love. He did not have any background in writing nor any formal training in poetry. He merely sat in a dimly light room in the wee hours of the morning, closed his eyes and began listening to his spiritual inner voices. They filled him with deep romantic emotion. Their words started flowing through his hands while his pen wrote words and phrases as they spoke.

The Night Poet found that listening to his inner voice was overwhelming. Discovering the unknown past that was being expressed was sometimes painful, other times, deeply spiritual. Trying to delve deeper into his spirit well, he put himself into a meditative state. He saw glimpses of his years as a knight from the 10th-century, an 18th-century pirate, and a 19th-century American Indian. From this newly discovered past, The Night Poet wrote the point of view of his past lives. Their voices and visions filled his consciousness, creating a space of love, tinged with a speck of madness.

Who is Luis Vargas, The Night Poet? He is a man for all seasons. A man from the past, whose presence in the here and now is so desperately needed in this world where society is more disconnected and polarized than ever. Who is The Night Poet? He is a warrior, a lover, and a philosopher king. When you can turn off your computer, put away your smartphone, then you can tune out the world, and turn on to his prose. His poetry will inspire, delight, and awaken the passion that is sleeping in your life. Take the journey through time with The Night Poet. An adventure of love awaits.

“Every night I want a part of me to die so that a new part of me can be born.”
The Night Poet