Underneath the Poetry with My Girl

A Father and Daughter Journey Through Poetry

This is a captivating collection of Poetry and Prose from a Father and Daughter that reflects their love for poetry and the experiences of their father-daughter relationship, life, and love.

Randy Abubakar Bentinck is an emerging writer who is a graduate of the University of Guyana and the Burrowes School of Art. His work explores themes of love, loss, relationship, social issues and femininity. He writes from an intensely personal place, but his work is still relatable.

His Literature teacher in High School, Mr Sobers, sparked his love for poetry. His recital of Michael Smith's 'Mi cyaan Believe it.' made Bentinck fell in love with this art form instantly.

Bentinck is a real Artist in every sense of the term. As an Actor, he was very active in the theatre scene in Guyana during the 90s where he acted in many major productions at the Theatre Guild of Guyana and the National Cultural Center. He also recited poetry at several places around the country.

As a Visual Artist, he has been a part of several Art Shows, Art Competitions and National Exhibitions. His work represented Guyana at Carifesta IX, held in Trinidad and Tobago in 2006.

He has been very active in sports and youth development. He was the chaperone for a youth contingent from Guyana for the first Habitat for Humanity Caribbean Youth Build held in 2000.

For more work from r.A.bentinck, please visit his website: www.randybentinck.com. Bentinck is originally from the county of Berbice in Guyana but spent most of his adult life in the capital Georgetown. He presently resides in The Bahamas where he is an Art Educator.

Ackeeni Qwanza Ngozi Bentinck

Though a teacher by profession, Ackeeni Bentinck always had a passion poetry. Bentinck uses poetry to express her inner thoughts, address social issues and to be the voice for the voiceless. She was born and raised in the garden city of Georgetown in Guyana. She attended the North Ruimveldt Multilateral Secondary and graduated in 2011. In September of that same year, she started college at the Cyril Potter's College of Education and graduated as a trained teacher with an Associate Degree in Education. She is presently a teacher at a Senior Secondary in the heart of Georgetown. Apart from teaching and poetry, Bentinck loves to take part in drama and dance. She wrote a number of plays, one being 'Faithful are the Wounds of a Friend." which made it to the finals at the National Drama Festival 2016. Also, she graduated with a diploma from the National School of Theatre Arts and Drama in the year 2016. Bentinck is also currently pursuing her Bachelor's Degree in Education at the University of Guyana. She is both introvert and extrovert. She loves to go out and have fun, but at the same time values those moments which she spends alone in the tranquillity of her home.