Attunement of the senses 
Who has an eye for Nature’s beauteous forms
And lends an ear to trap her melody,
Will see the rose a sudden scarlet brush
When shyly bursting forth in dewy morn;
Observe the riotous splash of colour spilled
Across the palest blue of Heaven’s dome;
Will harken to the noise of kneeling grass
Which furious, fitful winds keep trampling o’er;
Will hear the symphony of weeping skies
Euphoniously played on tresses green;
Will smell the dampness of the rain-scoured earth
And deep inhale the fragrance of its flowers;
Will taste the freshness of the laughing brook
And smack the lips in sheer delight of being;
Will feel a oneness with Divinity,
Dynamic; indivisible; serene;
All these and more perceived and understood
Is proof . . . clear proof . . . the senses are attuned.
Frank E. Dalzell (Prize-winning poem British Guiana, 1946)
The reprint of several titles in Guyanese literature and history by the Caribbean Press between 2009 and 2013 did invaluable service to Caribbean literature. This included the publication of many new and emerging writers, the publication of a number of significant works, the reprint of old treasures that might otherwise have been obscured under the dust of history, and important titles that had gone out of print.
Indeed, the intention of the press, through its Guyana Classics Library, was to “republish out-of-print poetry, novels and travelogues so as to remind us of our literary heritage, and it will also remind us of our reputation for scholarship in the fields of history, anthropology, sociology and politics. . . The series builds upon other Guyanese endeavours, like the institution of Carifesta and the Guyana Prize.” (Series Preface)
