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In time, the mulberry tree becomes a silk gown. — Chinese proverb. In 2004, Linda M. Deane gathered together a bunch of "tamarind-tongue…
4 Love of Barbados, the project, has been up and running for just over a month. Here's a snippet of some of the responses gathered so far…
ArtsEtc editor Linda M. Deane test-drives the 4 Love of Barbados prose poem template – to get an idea of what's possible and to encourage…
In Gaza or My Li'l House By Linda M. Deane and Brian Franklin Wuhloss! Lookuh dis life, how it does change ’tween joy and pain, peace and…
Blind Date My Black and my Caribbean walk into a room and the air is still My Black breaks the silence first and says: "Wassup, where you…
The True, True Mudda Sally. Illustration Copyright © 2023 by Akaila Armstrong. Love in the Time of Circular Chants Chant A Psalm A Day……
He trusted me to break the word, crack each segment open until the mystery expired. Not so this morning. He stared bewildered at the board,…
Chorus Saturday night, it was Saturday night Saturday night, last Saturday night VS 1 Down through de alley playing piece o’ romey Risking…
Subconscious Individuality A rocking horse soothes the internal rhythm There's only so much I can do with the disturbances and the…
A City Affair (for the Saint Lucian poets) “Don’t you know I love you but am hopeless at fixing the rain?” – Derek Walcott We meet on the…
No kites up in the air this year No singing angels’ majestic climb No raging bulls No dancing round-kite Square-kite Box-kite Not a…
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