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Reflections on Caribbean Unity
Last year, I was invited to read poetry at Carifesta, which was held in Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) in August, 2019. My experience was amazing, demonstrating the power and beauty of Caribbean unity, but…
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5 Things I Learned From Taking Virtual Writing Workshops During Covid-19
Last week, I participated in four virtual writing workshops hosted by the Hurston/Wright Foundation and The Fold Festival of Literary Diversity. From my laptop, I was able to connect with participants in countries such…
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From Buss Head to Buss Lime: Connecting media representation to Covid-19 Criminalization
On Sunday, videos of a group of mostly children being detained by police in Trinidad & Tobago went viral. While their offense of breaking the current Coivd-19-related Public Health Ordinance is serious, the aggressive…
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#MyCaribbeanLibrary: 100 Treasured Titles
On April 6th, Bocas Lit Fest launched the 100 Caribbean Books campaign. The organization invited readers to answer these questions on social media: What are the 100 Caribbean books that made us? What makes…
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Now Hiring: Professional Poets! #HappyPoetryMonth
Today’s exercise was created by Ann Lauterbach and is called Free-Lance Muse. This one was difficult because there are so many things that come to mind when thinking of the “ideal” poet. Of course,…
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10 Minute Poem #HappyPoetryMonth
I have to confess that for some time now, I haven’t been focused on creative writing. You may have noticed that my last blog post was in June, 2017. When daily life requires more…
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Labour Day’s lost message.
As my friend Jason and I joined the Labour Day procession in Fyzabad, South Trinidad last week, there was a lone car with a PA system driving slowly alongside those marching. Labour Day was…
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5 Reasons Why OWN’s Queen Sugar is EVERYTHING.
A sleepless night recently found me binge-watching the Oprah Winfrey Network’s (OWN) original series, Queen Sugar. Queen Sugar follows the Louisiana-based Bordelon siblings – Nova, Charley and Ralph Angel – who’ve recently lost their…
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The Fluffy Gal Anthem has restored my faith in FAT.
The Internet can sometimes be a sunken place; to say we get a lot of bad news online is an understatetment when the terror of death can be streamed and put on constant replay.…
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Zahra Gordon 