Richard M. Best, an engineering technician born in Barbados traveled North to Montreal, Quebec, making Canada his home and chosen land in 1963. Coming to Canada was not by chance but by choice. Richard Best's decision to come to Canada was driven by the memory of his courageous Father, Private Mascoll MacDonald Best (June 17, 1917 - August 3, 1944), who made the ultimate sacrifice during WWII in Caen, France with the Allied Forces.The inspiration for Richards' poetry is varying from politics to royalty, child birth to snowflakes, conflict to love. Many people who have had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Best often walked away with a poem, a gift, a gesture of his kindness and generosity. This book of poetry, The Basket Weaver, is a compilation of those gifts, those kind gestures.