Zahra Gordon

Professor Mervyn Morris has recently been named Jamaica’s poet laureate. He is the third laureate in the country’s history and the first in 61 years. This was definitely “good” news and I was introduced…

This article speaks about an American psychic working in South Africa. The journalist covering the event was skeptical about the possibility of living beings speaking with the dead. Later, she found comfort in some…

This news about the treatment of sub-Saharan Africans in Morocco, and news of religious sectarian violence in countries like the Congo and Nigeria are saddening. How many times are we going to go through…

This headline made me laugh. I immediately pictured the person who was asking this question. Any guesses as to whom I imagined? Why do mangoes fall from trees? Poem and article below. Why are…

There’s so much I still need to learn here. But the most I can say is Rest in Peace Arthur. Poem and article below. He cast a giant shadow  Don’t pretend to know  The…

So I didn’t read this article. I tried to work with the images the words brought up for me. I saw that someone posted it on their newsfeed on Facebook, and from the quoted…

I didn’t post yesterday, but not because I didn’t write a poem! Well, here is #13 in the Haiku from the Headlines series. #14 to follow shortly. Poem and article below. Pond street “giants”…