[ZESTPoets] martin carter poem

Thu, 15 Sep 2005 04:36:15 -0700

This is the dark time, my love,
All round the land brown beetles crawl about
The shining sun is hidden in the sky
Red flowers bend their heads in awful sorrow
This is the dark time, my love,
It is the season of oppression, dark metal, and tears.
It is the festival of guns, the carnival of misery
Everywhere the faces of men are strained and anxious
Who comes walking in the dark night time?
Whose boot of steel tramps down the slender grass
It is the man of death, my love, the stranger invader
Watching you sleep and aiming at your dream.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------      Martin Carter
Thought I would post a poem by Carter for people who weren't familiar with his work. This was written during the dark times of colonial rule in Guyana, but like all good poetry, so true so resonant, even today.
 
Aditi
 
 


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