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Between Silence and Silence
This collection of poems explores the idea of passing time from the vantage point of later midlife. Explored are such universal experiences as the impending death of aging parents and the encroachment of one's own mortality. These are poems of moving domestic intimacy and humor. They also serve as requiems for the people who have given Guyana its flavor and as songs of regret for the country's loss of civility during its dark recent years.
72 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2003
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About the author
Ian McDonald
8 books4 followersIan McDonald was born on 18 April 1933, in St Augustine, Trinidad.
He came to the then British Guiana in 1955 with the Booker Group of Companies. He has lived and worked in Guyana ever since. He spent a long career in the sugar industry.
He wrote poems, short stories, a novel "The Humming-Bird Tree" (1969), and an one-act play, "The Tramping Man" (1969).
He came to the then British Guiana in 1955 with the Booker Group of Companies. He has lived and worked in Guyana ever since. He spent a long career in the sugar industry.
He wrote poems, short stories, a novel "The Humming-Bird Tree" (1969), and an one-act play, "The Tramping Man" (1969).
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