Bustin' the Blues: A Collection of Poems

This collection seeks to anthologize Farrell's work from 1975 to the present. It is a celebration of his 'Trodition' from youthful exuberance to manhood, memories that continue to inform his creativity. Busting the Blues is a selection of poems from various published and unpublished collections. In 1999 it was awarded a 3rd prize in the Frank Collymore Literary Endowment Competition. This revised edition explores a number of themes relevant to youth, family and the wider community and remains his major collection to date. It is intended to further excite an interest in the reading and performance of poetry in schools and other pathways.

Winston Farrell is a Barbadian actor who has performed in over three-dozen plays. He received the National Youth Award for outstanding achievement in the field of Drama in 1989; a Writer/Artist-in-residence with the Hudson Valley Writers' Guild and the University of Albany; 1st and 3rd prizes in the 1987/88 ESSO Playwriting Competition; and in 1993, a British Council Visitorship where he toured and worked with leading Theatre Companies. In addition to his collection of Poems Echoes of Young Blood (out of print), Farrell has been published in literary journals such as Race Today, the stellar published anthology Crossing Water by the Greenfield Press, NY, Kyk-Over-Al, July 1991, Trinidad's New Voices, and the Barbadian publication Banja. He has also released recordings of his rhythm poetry on CD.