Martin Carter’s House, Lamaha St., Georgetown, Guyana (author’s photo, taken February 2024) “This is the dark time, my love”. Martin Carter (1927-1997), Guyanese poet. Carter wrote this poem sometime between 1953-54 during British rule in Guiana (pre-independence spelling). A time when Churchill’s Government sent troops to a country that had recently elected a socialist government, posing … Continue reading Is this the dark time, my love?
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Where were you at 10?
Author’s photograph: Peter Rose & Anira Streets, Queenstown, Georgetown, Guyana. The nuns busied themselves trying to learn as much as they could about a country that was, like sand, fast slipping through their fingers. They were a group, of many, who ardently preserved the last bastions of British colonial rule in our country. I was … Continue reading Where were you at 10?
What if we …
Author’s image taken 30 April 2025 “This is the time when artists go to work. Not when everything is alright. Not when it looks sunny. It’s when it’s hard. And I thought of all those people who wrote in prisons, in gulags, under duress, they were doing it… so it’s more interesting to me, the … Continue reading What if we …
