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I been there, sort of: New and Selected PoemsMervyn Morris![]()
Categories: 21st Century, Caribbean
Imprint: Carcanet Poetry Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Paperback (88 pages) (Pub. Jul 2006) 9781857548297 Out of Stock
the day the music stopped
I came by & was blasted by the poui tree's golden indifference from 'Diptych'
Mervyn Morris is one of the most distinctive West Indian poets, his work characterised by economy, wit and humane seriousness. He makes elegant use of Jamaica's linguistic range, with poems in international standard English, Jamaican Creole and mixtures in between. These variations inflect his treatment of love, lust, time, memory, death, religion, politics, commitment, identity, history, art and other concerns. His poems frequently suggest the tension inherent in moments of choice.
I Been There, Sort Of: New and Selected Poems continues the poet's exploration of self and society, 'reality' and the imagination. It brings together poems from three of Mervyn Morris's previous collections, Shadowboxing, The Pond and Examination Centre, alongside new work.
I been there, sort of
Short Story Critic Dialogue for One At a Poetry Reading Behind the Curtain Encounter Proposition One The Pledge Autograph Album Reunion Tournament Birthdays Eve Connection Parlour Game Operation Happy Hour Pantomime Moment of Truth Interview Persephone Casanova North Coast Hotel Cabal A Poet of the People Poetry Workshop Advisory Montage Post-colonial Identity Peelin Orange Oblation Toasting a Muse Heritage Muntu Sentences for Heritage Week Having Eyes that See Thank-you Note Gaffes Boarding School Caning After the Movie Tutorial Asylum To Tell the Truth Counsellor Critique Anniversary Proceedings Granny Praise the Lord At Church Diptych Au Revoir Farewell Function Transitions Garden Postcard Epitaph Jamaican Dance - 2 A Chant Against Death A Word On Holy Week Prologue by the Maker Jesus in Gethsemane A Priest Judas Pilate's Wife Pilate Peter Soldiers Simon of Cyrene A Woman Named Mary Jesus on the Road Malefactor (Left) Malefactor (Right) Centurion Mary (Mother) John Joseph of Arimathaea Mary Magdalene Thomas from The Pond Valley Prince Stripper To an Expatriate Friend To the Unknown Non-combatant The Day My Father Died Outing Little Boy Crying Shadows The Roaches The Pond Narcissus Mariners from Shadowboxing Muse Afro-Saxon For Consciousness Cave A Voyage Meeting In the Garden Togetherness Dreamtime A Birthday Poem Terminal Checking Out from Examination Centre Examination Centre Love Is Peacetime Sister Seen There Was a Young Poet Data My Rodney Poem Windscreen Legion Walk Good
'I Been There, Sort Of is a wonderful read of a range of Morris' poetry over many years.'
Glyne Griffith, the Caribbean Review of Books
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