Poetry Corner

POEM: For the abused women

POEM: For the abused women

May 30, 2011 | Comments: 6

Stop it, you’re hurting me is all u can say When he hits you and just walks away Then you sit and cry an wonder why As you wipe the tears from your eye ...

POEM: Misconception of my heart

POEM: Misconception of my heart

May 27, 2011 | Comments: 0

Looked like heaven in the distance, But the dark clouds proved otherwise. It was just an illusion, Trying to confuse me, Trap me, Trick me, Into falling. Falling ...

POEM: If Dominica could talk, what would she say?

POEM: If Dominica could talk, what would she say?

May 25, 2011 | Comments: 41

Why am I tinted …didn’t you like what you see You have placed a shadow of darkness over me I am no longer the happy I am no longer the free Remember ...

POEM: My bitter past

POEM: My bitter past

May 24, 2011 | Comments: 4

I`m writing this poem for me and all of you too Those who can relate to what ive been through The others take it how you want but know what I mean Cause I have no ...

POETRY: The rape of Me

POETRY: The rape of Me

May 21, 2011 | Comments: 13

Deprived, Depraved Of the ability to choose Brutally, Ravishingly, Unforgivingly My clothes are torn It’s not my fault that I am a woman Not my fault that my ...

POEM: Trials. Ignorance. Mishaps. Experience. Solutions

POEM: Trials. Ignorance. Mishaps. Experience. Solutions

May 17, 2011 | Comments: 8

There are times I wanna scream But never seem to find my voice Times I wanna be free as the birds But never seem to grow the wings of an eagle Times I wanna live ...

POEM: Dear Madame

POEM: Dear Madame

May 4, 2011 | Comments: 9

It is with honor I stand before you, to recite a letter on behalf of myself and my feelings true. Last night in this very spot, I felt aching pain from a flying ...

POEM: Untitled No. 2 (K.Y.D.)

POEM: Untitled No. 2 (K.Y.D.)

April 29, 2011 | Comments: 9

I felt the world for you Though I was dust in your eyes, That you washed away Every time he made you cry Sometimes I wonder what you saw in him Or what was absent ...

POEM: Negative emotion

POEM: Negative emotion

April 28, 2011 | Comments: 8

I can feel the drops of sweat bubbling on my nose and in between my breasts The fury is exploding in my protruding forehead and bursting from the bowels, the depths ...

POEM: My psalm

POEM: My psalm

March 11, 2011 | Comments: 5

1) Thy Name will I praise oh Yahweh, in Thy high place, for Thou has blessed me; I have found shelter under Thy wings. 2) Thou hast taught me all Thy works; to be a ...

POEM: Why settle?

POEM: Why settle?

February 22, 2011 | Comments: 16

I am more than the sum of my parts, more than this flesh, more than this heart. I was made to be an unmovable mountain, A force to be reckoned with, A key to solve ...

POEM: Appreciate

POEM: Appreciate

February 21, 2011 | Comments: 9

The work was started long before and continues In the veins of us that has no respect and love Being ungrateful, disrespectful, of the indigenous us Us a people ...

POEM: The great song ever sung

POEM: The great song ever sung

February 15, 2011 | Comments: 9

There she kneels, with tears so transparent in the corner of her room Such a dirty, unclean place where she spends So much of her time crying over the sorrows of ...

POEM: Dominica prostituted

POEM: Dominica prostituted

February 7, 2011 | Comments: 21

Mine, Yours, Nature Isle of Splendor Its unique feminine Contour Now Bludgeoned Any man, tricksters, fraudsters, neo-colonialists Worming their way through her ...

POEM: Skerro speaks

POEM: Skerro speaks

February 2, 2011 | Comments: 27

It’s no intention of mine, Why do they call on me to resign? After all I’ve done for you; my people They are just a disgruntled few. I say to hell with them! No ...