Synopsis
The Montserrat General Election of 2019 was different. Call it special if you like, but one had a sense of departure, of new landmarks; even the Montserrat diaspora, especially in the United Kingdom and the United States demonstrated a sense of involvement that was unprecedented. Real or imagined, there was a general feeling that the island had stagnated and that change was necessary. This sense was obviously not universal for it turned out to be an epic battle whose outcome was difficult to predict; the campaign was different and made a difference.The number of players and the associations and even disassociations was remarkable. Thirty-five persons were on the hunt for political power necessitating an enormous ballot paper in contrast to nine in 1952 and 24 in 2009. There was a record four political parties, two of which had apostates from the 2014 alliances. Pushed perhaps by his Party, Premier Romeo ran on an Independent ticket. At 11, we saw the highest number of Independent candidates, and just as remarkable, there were seven women in the hustings including the immediate past Speaker. Intriguing stuff.Given the numbers and categories, (I nearly said the mixed multitude), it is not surprising that canvassing was vigorous and even vitriolic. It did not have to be somewhat nasty, as many maintained it was. With all this political ferment and spill over passion, political observers with promptings to write could not be inactive. Florida based journalist, Montserratian Edwin Martin a fine writer and scholar weighed in with his analysis of what had overtaken the island.Additionally, the angel of death continues to visit the island all too frequently, so some of his victims find prolonged memory in our poems; and intimations of dying, including our own, come in for rumination. On the other hand, the sense of an island of abundance is figured in our lines reflected in weighted branches of tropical fruits like mango, guava and honeysuckle.Exceeding four score and ten, it is difficult to avoid a biological note in one’s imaginative work. This volume is no exception. In fact the longest piece, Bethel, is about my alma mater which featured prominently in my early life; and the miracle and provenance of writing is always fascinating. I am eternally interested in the question: whence come these lines?
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