“The Pond” by Mervyn Morris Jamaica's first Poet Laureate since independence in 1962 is a seventeen line poem about a boy who is dealing with fear deep within himself (nameless horrors 1st stanza) He eventually summons up the courage to face it one day in the 2nd stanza, and when he does he realizes that there was no scary outcome, or nothing he should have been afraid of all along (last 3 lines - sun came bright out of the dark and he sees his reflection).With the author specific use of diction, structure, symbolism, the poem emerges into a metaphorical tale of childhood, education, coming of age and youthful discovery.

Author; Mervyn Morris

Publisher ; New Beacon Books