Lorna Goodison’s Turn Thanks


I thought I had finished reading this about five years ago and realized I stopped half-way through…missing all the good poems in “Part 3: The Mango of Poetry” such as “County, Sligoville” and “Letter to Vincent van Gogh.” A happy Sunday discovery to read/re-read.

I’m working on an “homage” poem to Lorna called “Workshops with Lorna.” It grew out of the many questions I received in Jamaica when Kei would mention I worked with her, namely, “what was it like?” And so my poem will begin “Since you asked what is was like, what was said…”