The Protesters Poem by Dennis Adonis

This is another piece of poetry that is saturated with a few Guyanese creole words.

Without reading this interpretation, that poem would have been understandable to anyone who has been living in Guyana at an adult or late teenage age, between 1997 and 2009.

I must confess that I have some great difficulty recollecting the exact dates of some of Guyana's toughest protests. But aside from Linden, this poem can more resonate with the protest actions of 1997.

While peaceful protesting is considered an entitlement or part of the fundamental rights of all citizens, these protest actions always seem to be an opportune time for persons who are bent on committing criminal acts to inter-mingle with the genuine protestors and as such strike upon the innocent whenever the opportunity presents itself.

These scenarios are often taken seriously and sometimes results in damages and loss of property etc.

Nonetheless, it sometimes has a comical side too; that we all often seem to remember only a long time after the protest action itself and its associated incidents would have all died down.

And if you ask me, this poem is like an anthology where the entire protest action is viewed from its comical side, as I place some satirical emphasis on some of the negative things that often occurs during these said protest actions.

Nonetheless in despite of some of the sordid memories that some of these protests actions may have brought to some, I still hope that they discover the entertaining pieces of their memories when they reflects on; - The Protestors.