Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
P o e m s
from the Puka Kinikini Hawaiʻi poet archive
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night (Test)
February 2026
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About this poem
“I wrote this poem to fight against the dying light of day.”
“Do not go gentle into that good night,” was first published in 1951 in the Italian literary journal Botteghe Oscure.