12/15/2006 11:41:00 AM
Poets bare their souls for Bermuda Anthology
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Meredith Ebbin
Poets whose work appears in the Bermuda Anthology of Poetry, which was launched on Sunday are being praised for having the courage to bare their souls.
The anthology features 84 poems written by 34 poets, who went through a rigorous selection process.
The poets represent a wide cross section of Bermuda residents, and include Bermuda Sun writer B. Candace Ray, English teachers Lisa Howie and Cha'Von Clarke, actor/writers Alan Smith and Andra Simons, Joanne Aspinall, singers Toni Robinson and Joy T. Barnum and Kim Dismont Robinson, the Government folklife officer who organized the project.
The anthology includes two poems written in Spanish, with an English translation, the work of Cuban teenager Shirley Almagro, and Arthur DeSilva's Letter to the Aditor, which is written in Bermudian dialect.
The poems were selected and edited by University of the West Indies professor emeritus and poet, Mervyn Morris, who was in Bermuda earlier this year and gave writing workshops.
Dr. Dismont Robinson said: "Poetry, whether it is well-written or not, almost always exposes the writer in a way that can be extremely uncomfortable, especially in a small place like Bermuda.
It takes courage to write, and even more courage to submit one's creative writing to the scrutiny of others."
The book, which costs $20, was produced by the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, and is available at various bookstores.
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