Our Mothers Dreamt - Paperback

by Howard A. Fergus (Author)

The miscellany of poems in this volume (my third in under two years), is the product of ripened years and hopefully careful crafting. "Going downhill at dusk/I have an enormous appetite/to write poetry." They celebrate a number of persons beginning with our mothers and the ancestral impact on our lives, as the title of the book suggests. A biological element is present in treating with entities and persons. The book is not parochial; is is not just about Montserrat and its people and problems, and some challenges are in any case universal. It recognizes the interconnection between Montserrat and wider world; so Donald Trump and Theresa May are present and even Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, as is reflection on a black Santa Clause.