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The Two Indias
Dancers from a New Delhi troupe. Credit: Zahra Gordon, 2010 In 2010, I was lucky enough to be selected to be a part of the Oxfam International Youth Partnerships conference – a forum for…
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Raising KFC Children
Yesterday, an employee of KFC in Trinidad poured hot oil over customer following a dispute. Read more here: Hot Oil For KFC Customer If you want to know how something as simple as a…
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Haiku from the Headlines #25
It’s been a long time. And this is what’s been happening. For the year 2014, so far the number of police killings has passed 30. We’ve got three more months to go. Cops kill…
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Haiku from the Headlines #24
Today is the last day of poetry month and the 30-Day Challenge. Unfortunately, I didn’t make it all the way through to 30 poems, but it was still good to get these tiny pieces…
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Kalyani Magazine: A Space for Women of Color
On this final day of Poetry Month, I have a poem featured in Kalyani Magazine – a literary magazine dedicated to giving space to women of color around the world. Kalyani is also dedicated…
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Haiku from the Headlines #23
I was privileged enough to be included in a reading of emerging writers at this year’s Bocas Lit Fest in T&T. It was a great reading and most of the writers and poets with…
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Haiku from the Headlines #22
Happy Earth Day! Now, I’ll be honest: I didn’t remember that today was Earth Day and this environmental observation really didn’t make any “big” headline news. Yet, a lil Earth Day poem never hurt…
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Haiku from the Headlines #21
Happy Easter! I went to church this morning, but not for the reasons you think. I was asked by a friend to be a Godparent and I graciously obliged. Although, because she is Catholic…
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Haiku from the Headlines #20
Last Sunday, the headline story in T&T was a murder-suicide. A father killed his two children, aged one and three, then committed suicide. Today, one of the headlines in the Trinidad Express was “Another…
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