Kola articles from March 2002

Kola archives from March 2002

Editorial.
March 22, 2002... Black History Month is a time when most North Americans reflect on the contributions that Blacks have made to the development of civilisation. Many among us who immigrated to Canada have long wondered about the relevance, the importance, or...

Xmas XXVII Elizabeth II. (Poetry).(Poem)
March 22, 2002... Xmas XXVII Elizabeth II (In memory of Jean Leota Johnson, 1916--1979) Snow that autumn was hard. In Waterloo, The fruitless, black fructitude of felled leaves Leaked black juices and worms where snow was not. Bony,...

Personal. (Poetry).(Poem)
March 22, 2002... Personal ATTRACTIVE single black female, Ottawa area, 5'6, mid thirties, financially independent, with strong Christian values, looking for a classy, educated, serious, and financially secure professional male with high...

Ballad of a Hanged Man. (Poetry).(Poem)
March 22, 2002... Ballad of a Hanged Man For George Hamilton, executed at Fredericton City Jail, July 27, 1949) Their drinks to my drinks feel different. I'll stand a stammering teaspoon full, but Roach laps up half the half bottle. He...

In the Name of Love. (Poetry).(Poem)
March 22, 2002... IN THE NAME OF LOVE He ordained her nakedness with primeval passion. She is human, Yet, not human, But a cornucopia from which he feeds his hunger She caressed his nakedness with sugar-coated kisses...

A Canadian Lament. (Poetry).(Poem)
March 22, 2002... A CANADIAN LAMENT Nativity rocks on a sea of conflicts as storm clouds rage spewing showers of implacable doubts on fields of social life Drenched to the core, I wager on democracy's impervious charms to mold...

Feminist Discourse. (Poetry).(Poem)
March 22, 2002... Feminist Discourse Child... God is not a bad woman. It is man who is a bad God. Anthony Joyette, a former editor of this magazine, is a Montreal writer and artist. He is dedicated to bringing relevance to Black creativity in...

My Favourite Childhood Book. (Poetry).(Poem)
March 22, 2002... MY FAVOURITE CHILDHOOD BOOK The Holy Bible -- a Book of eras That fed my childhood dreams With love and hate, Legends of good and bad, Life and death And the story of you Giving birth to pain. Anthony Joyette, a former...

Spectacular Silence. (Poetry).(Poem)
March 22, 2002... Spectacular Silence There is a kind of hush, All over the world, tonight. If you listen you can hear it. What? Silence! How spectacular this silence is. Lorna M. Reddick received a Masters degree in Dance from York...

Love Interest. (Poetry).(Poem)
March 22, 2002... Love Interest Death doesn't matter as long as I have hue I sprinkle colours, colours along the floor and I see you wince in pain when red paint splatters out. It seems that my vision is out of focus I can't see you...

Whittle. (Poetry).(Poem)
March 22, 2002... Whittle Carved in wood not in stone my name is Lorna breath moving in and Out I am alive, in some ways, I feel dead I feel alive, I feel dead... My eyes move up and down side to side, but I listen and I don't...

The Red Bra. (Short Story).(Short Story)
March 22, 2002... No one observing him standing there, not too far from the lingerie department, would believe that he has heard what has just been said. But, indeed, he has! In fact, he desperately resists the urge to turn in the direction of the somewhat...

Behind the Face of Winter. (Book Reviews).
March 22, 2002... Confessions: A review of H Nigel Thomas' Behind the Face of Winter (novel), TSAR Publications, 241 pages, 2001 ISBN 0-920661-95-5 H. Nigel Thomas' latest novel, Behind the Face of Winter, is a literary tour de force that chronicles the...

Moving Through Darkness. (Book Reviews).
March 22, 2002... Moving Through Darkness by H. Nigel Thomas. Published by AFO Enterprises, 83 pages, 1 999. I S B N 0-920933-10-6 $13.95 H. Nigel Thomas' first collection of poems, Moving Through Darkness, is an inspiring collection of poems that has...

Dry Bone Memories. (Book Reviews).
March 22, 2002... The Changing Same: A review of Cecil Foster's Dry Bone Memories (novel), Key Porter Books, 460 pages, $26.95. Cecil Foster's latest novel, Dry Bone Memories, is greatly indebted to jazz in both its structure and content. With jazz, the...