- Shoot Me With Flowers (1974) - his first published work, published in Guyana.
- Man to Pan (1982) - Won the Casa de las Américas Prize in Cuba.
- Lend Me Your Wings (1987) - Won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (shortlist).
- We Animals Would Like a Word With You (1996) - Won the bronze Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in the "6-8 years" category in 1997.
He also wrote:my move your move
- Half Caste .
- From the Devil's Pulpit (1997).
- Wriggle Piggy Toes (2006) - his most recent work.
Some of his collections include:
- "Mangoes and bullets: Selected and New Poems 1972-1982" (Pluto Press 1985).
- "From the Devil's Pulpit" (Bloodaxe 1997).
- "Weblines" (Bloodaxe 2000).
- "Half-Caste" (Hodder 2004).
Some of his poems were featured in Michael Rosen's collection A World of Poetry and others in The Heinemann book of Caribbean poetry.