How wonderful to have this treasure trove of Mervyn Taylor's New & Selected Poems
all in one place, between the covers of this book. Capturing the beauty and nuances
of ordinary and extraordinary lives, this collection offers readers a profound and
rich tapestry of Caribbean life and Taylor's own journey as a poet for our age and
the future. Addressing love, death, migration, aging, and grief, among other timeless
themes, this book provides an in-depth journey through the vivid imagery and detailed
and lyrical language that have always been among Taylor's unique and treasured
gifts. Mervyn Taylor's Getting Through: New & Selected Poems is a publication worth
relishing, celebrating, and revisiting over and over again.
--Edwidge Danticat, author of Create Dangerously: The Immigrant
--Mervyn Taylor