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Caribbean Poem: “Caribbean Chimera” by Fig Newton
5 MayCaribbean Chimera
In the highland of Puerto Rico is where this story begins
amongst the Banyan trees and the buzzing insects
There on the Eastern edge near the coastal mountains
is a place where mad scientists experiment and dissect.
amongst the Banyan trees and the buzzing insects
There on the Eastern edge near the coastal mountains
is a place where mad scientists experiment and dissect.
Upon a lonelymountain there lays Continue reading
Caribbean Poem: “Beaches” by Grannyeri
29 AprSource: All Poetry
Written By Grannyeri
White hot sand to run in,
golden sun shining down.
Blue waters washing on the shore,
not one reason to ever frown.
Caribbean holiday,
all inclusive, it’s the best.
Winter blues, we left up north,
this place leaves me impressed.
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Caribbean Poem; “Ode to Caribbean Blue ( Terza Rima Sonnet )” By Joy A. Burki-Watson
5 AprSource:All Poetry
Written By Joy A.Burki-Watson
The Caribbean wind weaves warmth with waves
of crystal blue then sends them all to greet
the bleached white shores of darkened ‘done for’ slaves,
who now must stay and Continue reading
#BlackHistoryMonth: Caribbean Poet; Sir Derek Walcott
15 FebSources:Nobel Prize Org,Poetry Foundation
Born on the island of Saint Lucia in 1930s, a former British colony in the West Indies, poet and playwright Derek Walcott was trained as a painter but turned to writing as a young man. His father, a Bohemian watercolourist, died when Derek and
Sir Derek Walcott (source:thefamouspeople)
his twin brother, Roderick, were only a Continue reading
#BlackHistoryMonth: Black Queen #FoodforThought
10 Feb
“It is rumored that we were soft. Had cumulus cloudy laps a man could lay his troubles upon. Honey-dipped tongues that spoke sweetness in the mornings. Embraces that chased the Devils away. We were soft. Rumor has it that we could tame the beast of a man with a whisper. Grew and glued our families together. We were Angels that walked on land…a silent strength. We uplifted each other. We were soft. I don’t know exactly what happened. We are hard now. Rigid, bruised, and broken. We have lost our magic. Now we curse the morning. Where is our elegance and mystery? Our dignity and grace? For our daughters’ sake, we were soft. Weren’t we?”
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Poem of the Day; “Caribbean” by Natureislelove
5 FebSource:All Poetry
Written by user Natureislelove
Caribbean
Group of islands,
Indigenous inhabitants,
Strong cultural and historical connections
To slavery, European colonization and plantation system.
Its climate varies,
From being sunny to rainy.
Its terrain varies greatly on Continue reading
Caribbean Poem: Patricia (Pat Cameron)
13 Nov
Peace
by Pat Cameron
Peace!
A gentle word
Speak … it gently
The soft word’s sibilance
Whispers of an Allness
An Holy Healing
Whispers of God’s presence
Ever Near
Ever Here
Everywhere!
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Caribbean Poems: Love After Love by Derek Walcott
4 Nov
Love After Love
The time will come
when, with elation
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror
and each will smile at the other’s welcome,
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.
-Derek Walcott
St.Lucian Poet
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