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Poets of the Caribbean

My look at poets of the Caribbean reveals a story hidden by the big, all inclusive resorts such as The Breezes, Sandals and Atlantis. This ….

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Poem from Jamaica

Continuing to check out poets of the Caribbean… This one’s by Mervyn Eustace Morris, a poet and professor emeritus at the University of the West ….

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Poem from Guadalupe

Lately, I’ve been reading poets of the Caribbean. Here’s one I like: Islands This is the low housein which my race has grown.Twisting and lifting, ….

Bad things happened, an entire run of them that shut me down, caused me to withdraw from everything except my inner self.

One afternoon, in a hammock, I took a photo of myself. Just my legs. But there was no one to send it to. No one to understand.

I needed a sidekick so I sketched an armadillo because they’re crusty on the outside but not within. I made him my butler. Crusoe’s manservant Friday.

We began interacting—my hammock photo speaking to that critter, that critter speaking back.There’s a folder of cartoons somewhere. For now there’s just this one. (LINK)

Eventually after that I began writing novels.

I’m still a hermit, marooned you might say, but leaving my shell more and more—my inner self seeking its freedom through writing.