Elemental New and Selected Poems

by Lee, John Robert

• ISBN13: 9781845230623
• ISBN10: 1845230620
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-01
• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
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Summary

"John Robert Lee brings a quiet, reflective, often autobiographical approach to his concerns with Caribbean life, art and faith. Within carefully crafted formal structures - and some experimentation with traditional forms - he finds the space to give his voice and persona free rein. Whilst rooted in St. Lucia and Caribbean culture, he takes the whole world as his arena - as much at home writing about Boston as Castries." "Undoubtedly the foremost Caribbean Christian writer of his generation, his is a truly incarnational view of faith, anchored in the reality of human experience and expressed in richly textured images of Caribbean landscapes, dress, street life, music, dance and his native Creole language."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

John Robert Lee is an author whose work has been featured in a number of anthologies, including The Faber Book of Contemporary Caribbean Short Stories and The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse.

Table of Contents

Elemental	p. 9
Line	p. 13
Harbour Log	p. 18
Contract	p. 19
Volcano	p. 20
Parade	p. 21
Ikon	p. 22
Creole Canticles	p. 23
First Things	p. 25
Temptations	p. 26
Abel	p. 27
Rain	p. 28
Babel	p. 29
The Passion Canticles	p. 30
Canticles of the Risen Life	p. 34
The Art of Faith Canticles	p. 36
Flirtations	p. 38
Photosnap	p. 40
Moments	p. 41
Skeete's Bay	p. 42
An Anniversary: for Paul Layne (1945-1971)	p. 43
Autograph of a dead black poet	p. 45
I want to fill you up with words	p. 46
Vocation	p. 48
Lusca	p. 49
'Itation	p. 51
Dread	p. 52
Jouvert	p. 56
Girlchild	p. 57
Papa Bois	p. 58
Prodigal	p. 59
Possessions	p. 60
Urban Pastoral	p. 65
Stage: an epitaph (for Bob Marley)	p. 67
Challenger	p. 68
Eulogy	p. 71
After	p. 75
Sanctuary	p. 77
Ground	p. 78
Seed	p. 79
Exodus	p. 80
Church	p. 81
Report	p. 82
Artefacts	p. 84
Note	p. 95
Translations	p. 98
Hologram	p. 103
Songs	p. 104
Creation Praises	p. 106
From Silver Point, Easter	p. 107
Notes	p. 116
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