The Poems Man

Acting as an homage to the great Guyanese poet Martin Carter, this collection bears witness to his role as the nation's conscience in Guyana's continual agony among ethnic divisions and disputed elections. In addition, the poems investigate the numinous power of words and the necessity and sanctity of the act of writing. Distinctively styled and enquiring, they present a surreal twist on the everyday and profoundly reveal the artist's ecological vision of the relationship between the senses and man's correspondences with the natural world. Tirelessly questioning the perceptions of Guyana and the Caribbean, the personal, political, and philosophical are brought together in a seamless whole.