TWO POEMS FROM GUYANA
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TWO POEMS FROM GUYANA Author(s): BRIAN CHAN Source: Caribbean Quarterly, Vol. 13, No. 3 (September 1967), p. 38 Published by: University of the West Indies and Caribbean Quarterly Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40653026 . Accessed: 15/06/2014 10:48 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . University of the West Indies and Caribbean Quarterly are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Caribbean Quarterly. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 195.78.108.40 on Sun, 15 Jun 2014 10:48:33 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
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TWO POEMS FROM GUYANAAuthor(s): BRIAN CHANSource: Caribbean Quarterly, Vol. 13, No. 3 (September 1967), p. 38Published by: University of the West Indies and Caribbean QuarterlyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40653026 .
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TWO POEMS FROM GUYANA
Grope
If you must grope your way, It can't be home You are going, but from, To some less loveless place, which may Be shut.
When you get to, it is; But shutters grin Tight and voices within Chant thinly promises Of this or that.
With your rusty keys You force your way in To a pale hall Of mirroring doors, all Shut. You fall on your knees
And face your endless Faces you can't bear To face, too broken. What now but shut your eyes, having come Back home?
The New Man
His father was poet laureate Who ended his sonnets with Exclamation marks; but this young man, Sour from university, Spouts difficult verse liberated From 'continental' standards. Profession: professor. Hobbies: whores. He drives a pink motor car. He wears his wife to cocktail parties. He is wrapped in politics. He is consumed by politicians. He is essential to the nest. He hates his mother's guts. I am proud of my country.
BRIAN CHAN
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