Dr. Sandra Paquet of the University of Miami English Dept. introduces the program and Edward Baugh, who introduces Jamaican poet and scholar Mervyn Morris. Morris reads from On Holy Week: "Prologue by the Maker," "Jesus in Gethsemane," "A Priest," "Judas," "Pilate's Wife," "Pilate," "Peter," "Soldiers," "Simon of Cyrene," "A Woman Named Mary," "Jesus on the Road," "Malefactor (Left)," "Malefactor (Right)," "Centurion," "Mary (Mother)," "John," "Joseph of Arimathaea," "Mary Magdalene," and "Thomas." Jamaican poet Mervyn Morris reads his poetry: "Story-poem," "Lecture," "Satirist," "Toasting a Muse," "Journey into the Interior," "Cave," "Writing," "The Pond," and "Dadd, Poor Dadd." Morris reads his poetry: "Legion," "Oblation," "Valley Prince (for Don D)," "Windscreen," "To an Expatriate Friend," "I Am the Man," "To the Unknown Non-Combatant," "Case History, Jamaica," "Afro-Saxon," "For Consciousness," and "The Roaches." Morris then reads poems about love, lust, and family: "Operation," "Pussycat," "Moth," "Short Story," "Walk Good," "A Temperate Love-Poem," "Family Pictures," "One, Two," "Shadows," "There Was a Young Poet," "Give T'anks," "The Day my Father Died," and "To a Crippled Schoolmaster." Lastly, Morris reads poetry about death: "My Rodney Poem," "Pre-Carnival Party," "Farewell Function," "A Chant Against Death," and "Checking Out." Sandra Paquet then concludes the program.
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