guns going off . dem ole time magnums .

Kamau Brathwaite was born in Bridgetown, Barbados in 1930. His poetry is primarily concerned with the Caribbean and the African disapora. "Stone," from his sixteenth collection of poetry, Middle Passages, is an eulogy to Mikey Stone.

Although the poem is written, it seems to reach back to its colloquial and reggae roots and demands to be read aloud. Listen to the beat.