Next stop Guyana with award winning poet Grace Nichols

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Do you have any thoughts on the featured poems which include Picture My Father, Wha Me Mudder Do and For Forest by Grace Nichols, Looking at Your Hands By Martin Carter, and Tarantella by Hilaire Belloc?

Is there a Guyanese poet or poem that you love?

We look forward to reading your thoughts and feelings!

Ms. Grace Nichols’s childhood experience of culture in literature that’s normal for Brits, but foreign to her, like snow, made me chuckle. It is also the same case for me. I started my first english literature with Ladybird’s Peter and Jane. Playing with imagination was fun for me at that time, since I was reading stuff I didn’t know.

“What Me Mudder Do” reminds me of singing “Ummiku Sayang” when I was in kindergarten, gleefully. In Malay language, the song is about how much I love my mother. They both repeat simple rhymes with a motherhood appreciation theme.

I can’t help but reminisce about my innocent past when I hear Grace Nichols’ work and voice. Her vibe reminds me of my English teacher, maybe that’s it.