This manuscript is a compilation of original works. Folklore, legends, culture, fact and fi ction are all used to bring these pieces to life. Some of our folk lores and culture are refl ected in a Perfect Christmas, Ma Lotties Farewell, Old Haigue a Fly, The Called and Fraid De Dark. Guyanas beauty and natures gifts are weaved into pieces like An Outing in the Country, A Wild Ride and Life in my Neck of the Woods. Life and its triumphs and failures and peoples unpredictability are recorded...

All the poems and verses in my manuscript are original work. They traverse time such as can be seen in pieces like Creation, Slavery and Nightmare 2001. Many explore present day realities and touch on areas that affect me and especially my country. Poems like Hard Times, Fire De IMF, Black Out, Wata Woes and No Way Venezuela, No Way! Fall under this category. Readers will find some of my strongest sentiments in poems about Guyana. Pieces like Thought for You, The Beauty of My Land, Moods o...