Acknowledgements

Versions of some of these poems have previously appeared in Caribbean Beat, The Dark Horse and Draconian Switch. The poem ‘Place Name: Edinburgh Castle’ was written as a commission for the Empire Café for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, 2014.

The writing of this collection was largely made possible thanks to the Caribbean Rhodes Trust and, specifically, the Rex Nettleford Fellowship in Cultural Studies which the trust awarded me.

I livicate these poems to the bredrens and sistrens of ‘Occupy Pinnacle’, still fighting for Zion, still fighting for a rightful portion of land.

First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Carcanet Press Limited Alliance House Cross Street Manchester M2 7AQ

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Copyright © Kei Miller 2014

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