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Poetry Pamphlet Guabancex Published by Papillote Press

News and Events

Thanks to Papillote Press for doing such a great job with publishing my hurricane Maria themed poetry pamphlet collection called Guabancex and to a whole list of other people too, for their love, support and encouragement. Special thanks to St. Lucian poet John Robert Lee for his kind words on the back cover “A new voice that speaks with sensitivity, maturity and assurance out of a horrendous experience. The final poem Hurricane PraXis (Xorcising Maria Xperience) is a tour de…

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Accent Stress and SIDS

Poetry

Thanks to The Caribbean Writer for publishing Accent Stress and SIDS in Volume 31 February 2017. The original published poems can be read in a sample of the magazine on-line Pages 87-89. The latest versions of the poems are below.…

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Gutter Secrets

Poetry

My Gutter Secrets photo story won the Photo Storytelling category in the Nature Island Literary Festival and Book Fair Writing Competition 2015. Check out the image collages here. The latest version of the poem, renamed Lazarus, is below.…

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Water and Love

Poetry

Thanks to the Dominica Cultural Divison for continuing to hold the annual Independence Literary Competition. My poem Water and Love placed 3rd in the 2015 English Poetry Competition. Check the link for all the winners and runners up in the various categories. The latest version of the poem is below.…

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Caribbean Elephants

Poetry

I have always loved words, especially reading and listening to poetry, but only started seriously writing myself in around 2013. For any new writer, the first time your work is accepted to be published, is a special moment and mine came on 8th July 2015 when The Caribbean Writer journal informed me that my poem Caribbean Elephants had been accepted to be published in Volume 29. So Thank You to The Caribbean Writer team. The latest version of the poem…

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