Most people eventually agree during and after their fair share of adversity that there are no easy answers to most of life's challenges. Often in these seasons the calls for faith grudgingly give room to the true to life questionings and grapplings with human emotion which make us just that. This sophomore collection of poetry from Sean C. Harrison explores in its three chapters honest examinations of the ebbs and flows of faith without fear and pretense. He weaves stories of pain, introspection, resilience and triumph carved out by his own brushes with sorrow and interactions with others who...

Jamaica has been long known as an island prating topographical beauty, a rich culture and a unique blend and calibre of peoples. Famous for producing great athletes, musicians and scholars, it stands as a beacon of light to the world despite its hardships. The writer having seen his quota of difficulties in the Jamaican paradigm fighting to retain his artistic vision while confronting some of the more gritty realities of being part of a society largely insensitive to his issues has however, managed to stay afloat because of underpinnings of community-based value systems and members with which...

This poetic offering from Sean C. Harrison serves as an enduring chronicle of the struggles and triumphs of peoples of African origin, whether they be nestled in the jungles and settlements of Africa or live supplanted in the countries of the west. It is a uniting account of the battles of not only the black day to day and historic experience but that of the individual and collective psyche as we seek to assimilate into our indigenous realities the ways of a western world consciousness largely foreign to our African experience, yet unwittingly retaining through community values the things...