The rich and varied works of Jamaican-born Kei Miller have changed my views on contemporary poetry beyond imagination. Anchored firmly in the Caribbean, but with forays around the world, A Light Song of Light (2010 Carcanet Press) took me on an emotional journey, from daytime to night, through light and darkness, from elation to heart-rending despair.
Miller's disrupted syntax, his mellifluous cadence and startling subjects are best appreciated through performance and, for the first time in my life, I 'get' it. From one poem to the next, to the next, to the next, I simply couldn't stop watching.
With the passion of any
new convert I can't shut up about my new-found love and I'll be the
first in line when Miller speaks at 6pm on Wednesday, 28th February during the DMU
Cultural Exchanges 2018 event.
Cultural Exchanges runs from 26th February - 2nd March 2018
Helen Abbot
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