MACKENZIE
The Fortunes of Bauxite
18 Poems
By Dmitri Allicock
THE POLARIS ON THE RIVER
An image of Upper Demerara seems so near
It looks like yesterday but it’s about 50 years
Like the breath of a whisper or a deep sigh
I can feel the river and the Polaris going by
Oh Beautiful Guyana by Dmitri Allicock 