At the time this collection of poems was first published in 1972,
Wayne Brown's careful formalism--which belies a turbulence of ideas
and emotions--was out of fashion and the poetry of revolution was
in full swing. Now, however, these poems are seen as seminal in
Caribbean poetry, both for their intrinsic qualities and for
Brown's crucial role as the mentor of a current generation of
Caribbean poets. Exploring the ties between creativity and
contentment, the poems enumerate the threats to these human goals,
and through anecdotes--frequently drawn from the poet's own family
life--reflect on the rewards and pain of remaining in the Caribbean
while others have gone abroad. To understand their exile, which has
its own heartache, several poems are odes to the artists the author
admires most, including Pablo Neruda, Vladimir Nabokov, Rainer
Maria Rilke, and the Tobagan poet Eric Roach.
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