Jamaicans love their poets. In every Jamaican breast, I swear, there is a poem waiting to burst out. And this happens, quite often. We also love to read out loud, and to speak our poetry. We don’t keep it hidden in the pages of a book. Poetry should be shared. As a preamble, I have … More Jamaica’s 2024 Poet Laureate Prizes for Poetry Competition is now open
Something delightful dropped into my inbox this week, and I thought I would share it with you. “Customer service” is something we talk about (and often complain about!) a great deal, but it is a critical part of our lives. A large chunk of the Jamaican economy is what we call the “service industry,” which … More “We deserve it”: a winning poem about customer service from 11-year-old Ngozi Wright
On September 21 the National Library of Jamaica launched the Jamaica Poetry Archive, a digital resource (including audio) for students and poetry lovers like me. Poet Laureate Olive Senior said the archive will help poetry “bring us together in familiarity and community.” It shouldn’t be something obscure, inaccessible – I agree! … More The Jamaica Poetry Archive is born
The Natural History Museum of Jamaica’s Earth Day competition awards ceremony took place at the Institute of Jamaica recently, with lots of cheers, photo ops, prizes and an inspirational talk from youth climate activist Mario Galbert. … More “Dear Future Earth…” Jamaican students reflect at the Institute of Jamaica
Nor would I have ever met Rob Allan. He lived on the other side of the world – in New Zealand. I came across Mr. Allan’s tweets because I realised he lived in, and shared his photographs of, a place that had greatly appealed to me after reading the Booker Prize-winning novel “The Luminaries.” At … More In remembrance of a Twitter friend I never met
Today I am doing a post about books that I read, in accordance with the Bloganuary prompt: What book is next on your reading list? Well, that’s very hard to say. I have several books waiting with enormous patience to be read by me. Some are in my Kindle, others are stacked on my bedside … More I’m not sure which book is “next,” but…
It is Sunday and I am in a reflective mood as I gaze out at our yard, where small birds are minding their own business in the bougainvillea bushes and the doves and pigeons keep watch in the guango tree. The “Christmas Breeze” comes and goes, pushing out the curtains from time to time. The … More A daily poem? What’s not to love…
Jamaican poet Ann-Margaret Lim was published on the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day today (October 21). The poem is a memorial to Stephen Lawrence, the 18-year-old who was murdered by a gang of white thugs at a bus stop in London in 1993. Investigations into the murder were rife with corruption allegations, and a subsequent … More One Summer: a poem in memory of Stephen Lawrence by Ann-Margaret Lim
Originally posted on Jamaica Woman Tongue:
In her poem “Red Rebel Song,” Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze created a familiar character sounding a lot like her own self: “I is de red rebel woman accepting I madness declaring I song nah siddung eena attic tek no fire bun I singing it loud I singing it long Think…
A friend today shared some passages from a poem called “Suffocating City Square” from “June Fourth Elegies.” I have the book on my too-long, and rather muddled “Want To Read” list on GoodReads. However, this book of poetry by Liu Xiaobo, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 for “his prolonged non-violent struggle … More Remembering Tiananmen Square: June Fourth Elegies
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