Prime Minister Mia Mottley – A “Dipper” Barrow iconic figure in the making!

By Stanley Collymore

A right little charmer is our Mia! But it’s not just charm,

charisma and a boundless personality which she’s got

but quite self-evidently too, to all those with eyes

and who both sensibly and significantly care

to see, is outstandingly intelligent, well-

educated, altruistically caring and,

when needs be or the chips are

down, a feisty social activist

and political leader cum

formidable organizer.

All of which, understandably and highly commendably,

impressively adds up to one remarkably impressive

Barbadian lady. Most discernibly, in all this, and

an intently astute politician of high calibre as

well as a great one in the making too; you,

Mia Mottley, are now indisputably and

emphatically also, our democratically

elected Prime Minister. And on this very your first

anniversary in office as Barbados’ acknowledged

and incumbent political leader, who is now to

say that having confidently busted the then

continuing homogeneous, male ceiling of

embedded political power by becoming

our first PM of the female gender, that

you won’t correspondingly become

an iconic character too, of the acclaimed

standing and in the illustrious manner

of our Nation’s Founding Father

and National Hero: the much

cherished and enduringly

distinguished saviour,

the highly esteemed

and forever loved

Errol, Walton

“Dipper”

Barrow!

© Stanley V. Collymore

28 May 2019.

Author’s Remarks:

I’m an English specialist and have taught English at every conceivable level in my time, so I’m fully au fait with the language, which also happens to be my native one, and am also fully cognizant of the purposes and usage of superlatives. However, on rare occasions I deliberately chose not to use the latter in my writing when describing individuals that in my estimation rise above any superlative description of them. This is one such occasion.

So I’ll leave you to read this poem and, if you also care to and I sincerely hope that you will, you’ll take a few minutes of your precious time to read the Wikipedia biography of Mia Motley, and I’m sure you’ll readily come to the conclusion that I’ve reached that superlatives won’t do this exceptional Barbadian Lady, its incumbent and first female Prime Minister, the warranted justice and earned reputation that she deserves.