ography . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁poet ▁and ▁novel ist ▁Ian ▁Mc Donald , ▁Se ym our ▁rev ived ▁K yk - Over - Al . ▁ ▁Po et ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 6 , ▁Se ym our ▁began ▁writing ▁po ems . ▁By ▁ 1 9 3 7 ▁he ▁had ▁completed ▁his ▁first ▁collection , ▁Ver se ; ▁his ▁second , ▁More ▁Po ems , ▁followed ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 . ▁The ▁title ▁poem ▁of ▁Over ▁Gu iana , ▁Cloud s ▁( 1 9 4 4 ) ▁was ▁a ▁land mark ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁Se ym our ' s ▁po etic ▁style . ▁S uns ▁In ▁My ▁Blood ▁( 1 9 4 5 ) ▁contained ▁at ▁least ▁three ▁po ems ▁that ▁have ▁come ▁to ▁be ▁considered ▁class ics : ▁" S un ▁Is ▁a ▁Sh ap ely ▁Fire ", ▁" There ▁R uns ▁a ▁Dream ", ▁and ▁" The ▁Leg end ▁of ▁K ai ete ur " ▁( this ▁last ▁poem ▁was ▁later ▁set ▁to ▁music ▁by ▁the ▁Gu yan ese ▁composer ▁Philip ▁Pil gr im ). ▁ ▁Se ym our ' s ▁later ▁major ▁collections ▁include ▁Le aves ▁from ▁the ▁Tree ▁( 1 9 5 1 ), ▁Selected ▁Po ems ▁( 1 9 6 5 ), ▁Pattern s ▁( 1 9 7 0 ), ▁My ▁Lov ely ▁Native ▁Land ▁( 1 9 7 1 ) ▁and ▁Selected ▁Po ems ▁( 1 9 8 3 ). ▁A ▁t ribute ▁volume