For many years I have been gradually collecting poems written about Guyana or by Guyanese from as early as possible to the present day for the purpose of preparing and publishing an entirely new and comprehensive Anthology of Guyanese Poetry.
The first anthology of Guyanese verse entitled Guianese Poetry, was published in 1931 by Norman Cameron. It covered the period 1831 to 1931. In this respect, as in so many others, N.E. Cameron was a pioneer whose achievement we should cherish. In 1934, another outstanding pioneer, C.J. Ramcharitar Lalla, published an Anthology of Local Indian Verse.
