Poetry Corner
POEM: The crisis
November 28, 2011 | Comments: 1People killing each other like its a daily chore Mothers killing babies …there is no sense of family anymore Kids copy and imitate everything they see A ...
POEM: Time to speak, time to stand
November 27, 2011 | Comments: 20Father I come before your throne seeking your blessing As a nation we have fallen, as a people we are stressing Crime and violence is on the increase Week after ...
POEM: Speak less
November 26, 2011 | Comments: 18The nitwit who seldom speaks appears wise, Silence disguises nitwitery Speak less – be heedful with your ears and eyes, A busy tongue absorbs nothing It ...
POEM: Don’t you hear my cry?
November 20, 2011 | Comments: 13Dominica and Dominicans are in crises It’s not all about politics but also human injustice “Don’t you hear my cry ?” For nine months I was ...
POETRY: The system
November 4, 2011 | Comments: 12Corruptive! Deceptive! We’re living in a world where the poor continues to suffer The rich continues to become richer We’re living in a system that needs ...
POETRY: I am
November 2, 2011 | Comments: 8Verdant forests and wild sweet cherries Joyful laughter and smiling faces Fresh air and warm sweet breeze Relaxing beaches and enchanting trails I offer all to you. ...
POETRY: Pwéson fwé
October 31, 2011 | Comments: 9Too, toot, toot, Kon la ka koné Moun ka pwépawé Yo byèn pwésé Jik bodlanmè Yo tout ka alé. Halé ho, halé ho Mawen épi dot moun Kannòt yo ka halé ...
POEM: Silence
August 18, 2011 | Comments: 4Oh, within the silence of the mind And beyond the silence of the heart Where true love and nature speaks Allowing the calmness that one seeks Silence, many of it ...
POEM: A love divine
August 15, 2011 | Comments: 7Rasta loving is the greatest thing I’ll be your empress you be my king Bless my womb with two prince and a princess Our royal family full of niceness A unity ...
POEM: Message to the youths
August 4, 2011 | Comments: 7Youths! why have you become so complacent? Why have you lowered your self esteem? why are you no longer confident? Why are you no longer determined and focused? why ...
POEM: Child at war
July 20, 2011 | Comments: 3Can you hear my heart beating? Do you see the tears racing down my cheeks? Can you feel the earth moving….and feel the fire burning through your ...
POEM: These arms
July 9, 2011 | Comments: 3At contact: These arms will protect you; secure you from the threats of anything beyond them, they will be your pillars of strength; to solidify your impression of ...
POEM: Undefeated Love
July 2, 2011 | Comments: 6Tears freeze on my cheeks My Heart sinks to my feet This pain hasn’t left my soul for weeks I’m scared cause I’m about to face ‘defeat’ I’ll ...
POEM: Dominica, past and present
June 20, 2011 | Comments: 17My isle, you stand tall as the empress of the Caribbean, Your great beauty, though threatened by your young children, Continues to attract so many into your wild ...
POEM: Not a drop less…
May 31, 2011 | Comments: 3Tears drip like rain pours Washing away all my hopes and dreams Like chalk on a blackboard As I find that what I have to do, I hate to do And I hate myself for not ...