THEMES POEMS

RACISM
Dreaming Black Boy
Test Match Sabina

PARENTING Once Upon A Time

My Parents
Little Boy Crying
The Woman Speaks To The Man Who Employed Her Son
CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES Little Boy Crying
Once Upon A Time
My Parents
Dreaming Black Boy
Birdshooting Season
A lesson for this Sunday
RELIGION A Stone’s Throw
The Woman Speaks To The Man Who Employed Her Son
A lesson for this Sunday
WAR Dulce Et Decorum est
This is The Dark Time My Love
NATURE Birdshooting Season
Sonnet Composed Upon Westminster Bridge
South
Landscape painter Jamaica
An African Thunderstorm
LOVE It Is The Constant Image Of Your Face
My Parents
Little Boy Crying
Birdshooting Season
The Woman Speaks To The Man Who Employed Her Son
Sonnet Composed Upon West Minster Bridge
Landscape painter Jamaica
APPEARANCE VS. REALITY West Indies U.S.A
Once Upon A Time
Dulce Et Decorum est
Death be Not Proud
DESIRE South
Dreaming Black Boy
Once Upon A Time
GENDER Birdshooting Season
A Stone’s Throw
Ol’ Higue
Mirror
The Woman Speaks To The Man Who Employed Her Son
NOSTALGIA South
Once Upon A Time
COLONISATION This Is The Dark Time My Love
An African Thunderstorm
Once Upon A Time
HYPOCRISY Once Upon A Time
A Stone’s Throw
DECEPTION West Indies U.S.A.
Once Upon A Time
Dulce Et Decorum est
The Woman Speaks To The Man Who Employed Her Son

BETRAYAL The Woman Speaks To The Man Who Employed Her Son
It Is The Constant Image Of Your Face

GUILT Once Upon A Time

Little Boy Crying
It Is The Constant Image Of Your Face
PLACES West Indies U.S.A.
South
Sonnet Composed Upon Westminster Bridge
Landscape painter Jamaica
HOPE Dreaming Black Boy
Once Upon A Time
The Woman speaks to the man

DEATH The Woman Speaks To The Man Who Employed Her Son
Dulce Et Decorum Est
A Stone’s Throw
Ol’ Higue
Death be not proud
YOUTH & AGE Once Upon A Time
Mirror
Ol’ Hique
CARIBBEAN LIFESTYLE South
West Indies U.S.A.
Test Match Sabina
Ol’ Higue
Birdshooting Season
DISCRIMINATION My Parents
West Indies U.S.A.
Dreaming Black Boy
Test Match Sabina Park
CONSEQUENCES Little Boy Crying
The Woman Speaks To The Man Who Employed Her Son

LONGING & YEARNING South

Dreaming Black Boy
Once Upon A Time
REGRET & REMORSE Once Upon A Time
A Stone’s Throw
IDENTITY West Indies U.S.A.
Test Match Sabina Park
ADMIRATION South
Landscape painter Jamaica
Sonnet Composed Upon Westminster Bridge
PATRIOTISM Dulce Et Decorum
It Is The Constant Image Of Your Face
Test match Sabina park
POWER & AUTHORITY This Is The Dark Time My Love
A Stone’s Throw
OPPRESSION This Is The Dark Time My Love
Dreaming Black Boy