ODE TO POET LAUREATE, PROF THE HON MERVYN MORRIS

BEARING WITNESS for Mervyn Morris   You search the still water of memory: examine the life caught in the seine.   The first day you saw him he was standing in your class: no, you were sitting in his – the man, who conjured a pond in your exams: no, he conjured that pond long…

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Sir Patrick Allen Commends Poet Laureate

Their Excellencies the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen and the Most Honourable Lady Allen hosted the Investiture Ceremony of the Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Professor Mervyn Morris, in the Ballroom of King’s House on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Professor Morris is the third Poet Laureate to be appointed in Jamaica, the others being   Messrs. Tom…

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