Truly Pertinent Questions: The Requiem

Truly Pertinent Questions – The Requiem

By Prof. Wayne D. Russell

What does it mean to love, to lose, to remember—and to become?

Truly Pertinent Questions – The Requiem is an illustrated poetry anthology exploring the fragility of the human spirit, the impermanence of now, and our enduring desire for inner peace. Through verse and evocative imagery, Wayne D. Russell journeys through love, grief, identity, ancestry, faith, and the mysteries of existence.

Drawing on lived experience as a soldier, educator, researcher, artist, and poet, Russell brings Jamaican cultural roots into conversation with questions that reach beyond borders. His poems move between intimate longing and cosmic wonder, bearing witness to pain while finding possibility in imagination, tenderness, and hope.

This collection invites readers to pause, feel deeply, and encounter their own vulnerabilities. Each poem offers a space for reflection—a moment to remember what matters, question what we take for granted, and recognize the quiet resilience that carries us forward.

For those seeking poetry that stirs the heart and awakens reflection, The Requiem is an invitation to remember, to feel, and to begin again.

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