A J Seymour

A J Seymour (1914-1989), full name Arthur James Seymour, was a Guyanese poet, essayist, memoirist, critic, lecturer, and founding editor of the literary journal Kyk-Over-Al. He is known for writings about love and emotions, and for encouraging other writers.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Nearly all women sleep when thy are loved.

Maybe the body has to coil again
From its full stretch,
Maybe the drowned brain
Emerges from its Springtide into rest
Maybe they bank their ecstasy in dreams
Against a future anguish and devaluation.

But as the unhurried stars wheel overhead
Above a thousand million nests of love
One or two women lie and think and glow.
- Springtide

Moshe Dayan