Getting Through

How wonderful to have this treasure trove of Mervyn Taylor’s New & Selected Poemsall in one place, between the covers of this book. Capturing the beauty and nuancesof ordinary and extraordinary lives, this collection offers readers a profound andrich tapestry of Caribbean life and Taylor’s own journey as a poet for our age andthe future. Addressing love, death, migration, aging, and grief, among other timelessthemes, this book provides an in-depth journey through the vivid imagery and detailedand lyrical language that have always been among Taylor’s unique and treasuredgifts. Mervyn Taylor’s Getting Through: New & Selected Poems is a publication worthrelishing, celebrating, and revisiting over and over again.—Edwidge Danticat, author of Create Dangerously: The ImmigrantMervyn Taylor