Poetry Corner
DPC POETRY: Loud noises
June 7, 2013 | Comments: 13I hear loud noises outside my door. What’s that I hear them talking about? I look out, I see no one, I hear no one. I hear loud noises outside my door. Is it my ...
DPC POETRY: Lost words on a concrete slab
May 31, 2013 | Comments: 11Phillip Timothy’s monument lies hidden behind a fence spiked with needle-sharp iron grids that sew holes in our memories. Through these, the events of May 29th ...
DPC POETRY: Shy bride
May 24, 2013 | Comments: 9I wore white to my wedding, A testament to all I’d lost. Symbol of a lie, but a must if I were to walk the tightrope of modesty. Condemned by those who ...
DPC POETRY: BEAUTY? It must be the water!
May 17, 2013 | Comments: 11It must be the water… The elixir of the gods Clear, pristine That heaven-spun brew The gods drew And poured into the Atlantic stream Combined with the verdant ...
DPC POETRY: Happy Mother’s Day
May 10, 2013 | Comments: 13The greatest Mother’s Day gift ever Is the joy of seeing your daughter Become an even more amazing mother Than you ever were, but knowing that her Basis for ...
DPC POETRY: Deep Feelings of Home
May 3, 2013 | Comments: 11How can I tell you how I feel? To wake up to the sound of noises the familiar noise of dogs barking late in the night of cocks crowing one after the other… ...
DPC POETRY: Solitude
April 26, 2013 | Comments: 9Alone in a crowd Enjoying my own company Wondering who would dare Disturb my solitude! I am warm in the assurance Of the love surrounding me Protecting me from harm ...
POEM: Tropical Dream
April 25, 2013 | Comments: 10I went to the edge of the precipice and was hypnotized as I looked across the sea to a land that called me by name A land that beckoned with the lure of tranquility ...
DPC POETRY: She Wishes for Evanescence
April 22, 2013 | Comments: 13Editor’s note: Due to the circumstances of Friday April 19, 2013, Dominica News Online (DNO) did not publish DPC Poetry. We now present the latest edition of ...
DPC POETRY: The cry of a tormented soul
April 12, 2013 | Comments: 17The Cry Of A Tormented Soul! (I couldn’t pray, so I confessed, then I begged!) ‘Hail Mary, mother of God’ Seemed so fabricated ‘Our father, who art in ...
DPC POETRY: I am a Creole lioness
April 5, 2013 | Comments: 39I am the future politician Pierre Charles from Sout’ City Grand Bay The next generation of Maya Angelou I am the replica of Unicef aka Philip Mobudu Francis ...
DPC POETRY: High heels and lipstick
March 29, 2013 | Comments: 18Editor’s note: Welcome to the second edition in the series, “DPC Poetry”, a collaborative undertaking of DNO and Domnichen Poetic Circle (DPC). This new ...
DPC POETRY: On the bus!!
March 22, 2013 | Comments: 11Editor’s note: This is the first post in a series entitled “DPC Poetry” which is being brought to you by DNO and Domnichen Poetic Circle (DPC) ...
‘DPC Poetry’ on DNO
March 20, 2013 | Comments: 5Dominica News Online (DNO), will begin publishing a new feature called ‘DPC Poetry’ on Friday March 22. The new post is being undertaken in ...
POEM: Dominica Sings
March 19, 2013 | Comments: 24Listen to her as She wakes before dawn The sweet melody starts Natures spawn Never in this island Will you hear her moan The intensity of the winds Have all the ...