The Light in Darkness

This collection of poems comes from a place of lived experience and from a place of understanding the experiences that shaped my life. The poems predominantly evolved out of my work in theater, churches, schools, and with community groups. The principal theaters were; The Self Theater Movement in Spanish Town Jamaica, The National Dance Theater Company of Jamaica (NDTC), and The Syntex Children Theater Workshop in Freeport Bahamas. Some of the poems were works written and performed.

Eisenhower J. Williams (Ike), was born in Jamaica about a decade before the country got independence from Britain . His creative abilities began to be molded in colonial and post colonial cultures, and became more defined as he became immersed in the evolving culture of an independent nation whose people began to carve out their own unique identity and distinctive culture which gave him direction and purpose. Other books that Eisenhower has written include, TEACHING MY ART MY HEART, SPIRIT POEMS, THE WAY OF THE CROSS. BABY and Isaac Willby- A BAREFOOT DAY. Eisenhower now lives in the Bahamas where he works as an English and performing arts teacher.