Expressing life’s challenges through poetry

“ Poetry is like second to none when it comes to a song. There are a lot of young poets out there who have been through life‘s experiences. There is so much to share, and the only way to express is through poetry,” Carlene Gill told the Pepperpot Magazine during an interview.

Over many years, poets across the globe have spoken perpot Magazine .

She made mentioned that there are a lot of topics and social ills that can be solved through the art form of poetry.

This she believes can address most of the domestic issues, that a lot of our children are faced with these days, and curb in some way, the prevalent social ills that are constantly on the front burner, particularly in the school system today.

Carlene gets her inspiration from life’s issues

“ Sometimes I read a book, sometimes my own experiences, sometimes you may have an experience that went bad and you write a poem and twist it around to determine which road the situation could have gone or it is determent on topical issues occurring in the country at the time,“ Carlene expressed to the Pepperpot Magazine.

Gill is looking forward to engaging the Ministry to have a curriculum set regarding not only the teaching of poetry but also to have programmes in place that integrates poetry.

She noted that she doesn’t believe enough is being done for poetry to be recognised as a part of the art culture in the country.

Over the years, there has been a lot of work done for poetry in Guyana by various personalities, including Martin Carter, among others. Still, for Carlene Gill more emphasis needs to be placed on ensuring that young people become involved.

Gill is currently working on a collection of poems, which she hopes to publicise nationally, and she intends to go a long and far way with poetry for as long as she is alive.

According to Gill, Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality.