From: World Literature Today | Date: June 22, 2001| Author: Nazareth, Peter | COPYRIGHT 2001 University of Oklahoma. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Sasenarine Persaud. The Hungry Sailor Toronto. TSAR. 2000, 100 pages US$13.95. ISBN 0-920661-89-0

THE HUNGRY SAILOR continues where A Surf of Sparrows' Songs leaves off (see WLT 71:2, p. 437). It begins with "Returning to Miami," but whereas "Miami" was previously unknown, here it becomes a metaphor for reconnection to soul and to the realization of the poet's dharma -- i.e., mastery of the poetic medium. The yogi is coming out of samadhi (meditation), knowing what will ...