I Believe - Howard A. Fergus

I BELIEVE
Howard A. Fergus

POEMS

REVIEWS
“In the clean lyric line, the rhyming line … an honest, unsentimental perception of humanity. From a freshly-wrought volcanic landscape, Fergus speaks authentically, deeply …”
- Marion Bethel, author, The Bahamas

“The only bleeding thing for me to be the bride of Christ is to believe Mandela, and the lamb – The efficacy of their bloody sacrifice.” – Howard E. Fergus, from I Believe

AUTHOR
HOWARD E. FERGUS, PhD, KBE, is a leading historian and poet from Montserrat. The author of over 20 books and monographs in the areas of history, education, politics, poetry, and literary criticism has been published in the Caribbean and Europe. Honors and awards include theThe Caribbean Writer Poetry Prize, David Hough Literary Prize, Montserrat Badge and Certificate of Honor; University of the West Indies Vice Chancellor’s Award of Excellence; and a knighthood (KBE). A professor of Eastern Caribbean Studies, Dr. Fergus has been acting periodically as Governor of Montserrat since 1976. Other poetry collections are: The Arrow Poems and Saturday Soup (2010), Poems From Behind God Back (2011) and Obama and other poems (2012).

Introduction: Maria van Enckevort, Ph.D., Department of History, University of St. Martin.

PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
English | paperback | 71 pages | House of Nehesi Publishers | St. Martin | 2008