Psalms at the Present Time

On and beyond the horizon Wellingtons excursions into our body politic psyche purpose and existence are multilayered and multifaceted. Content and craft are given equal time and focus. There is a nuanced reacquaintance with poetrys significance in Psalms at the Present Time. This poet chooses sturdy ethos and empowering authenticity. It is a worthwhile expedition.-Uche Nduka Author of Living in Public and Facing YouAs a poet playwright performance artist essayist and journalist Darryl Lorenzo Wellington is a writer of many forms. But even his poetry presents a broad and multicultural aesthetic - spoken word literary and verse forms politics and more. In Psalms at the Present Time he is at his eclectic best. ** Death yawns stately. Death conjoins us. - whether we make music noise love or bourgeoisie war. Free assembly and funeral rites these days symbiotic interchangeable.Siren sounds. We will not disappear ** we proceed like marionettescarried along on one string crowds of selfsame mouths our tongues chant now in unison the pitch like a cracked accordionthen canticle is cant and cry. (from Days of Protest)