Kola articles from March 2005

Kola archives from March 2005

Editorial.(Brief Article)(Editorial)(Obituary)
March 22, 2005... KOLA pays tribute to the passing of Curtis O'Linkon George on March 28, 2005. Curtis was an educator, a Black Community leader and a subscriber to this magazine. As the President of the Quebec Board of Black educators, Curtis gave the...

Cave Preparation.(POETRY)(Poem)
March 22, 2005... Cave Preparation Do you observe the death-like, and The space out attitudes Of the past Cave Dwellers: they follow You around everywhere now Into the first stage: like St. John the Divine Stated in the book...

Look: Life is grand.(POETRY)(Poem)
March 22, 2005... LOOK: Life is grand Look how you show up Walking Sit yourself in front of me Talking In the park under the sun Basking With your wallet open Counting Making styles: yes? Look at the vast...

"All the time in the ghetto, Violence".(POETRY)(Poem)
March 22, 2005... "All the time in the ghetto, Violence" you can't spin on the taps there's a drought in the city blacks swarm the city's junk spots like flies there is a phenomenal aura beneath the subway-in-the-sky your jacket...

"Mosquito-Net Rhapsody".(POETRY)(Poem)
March 22, 2005... "Mosquito-Net Rhapsody" I left the steel pans in the rain Huddling under plastic shawls Drunk steel wool collapses under sudsy stars, You left the kitchen light on "Turn it off for me darlin'" I do A...

"Procession to dilapidations".(POETRY)(Poem)
March 22, 2005... "Procession to dilapidations" Scarecrow magic, late in the field, When dark men jump picket fences, leaving trails of country bourbon As the red barn heaves its breath into the night Rain falls like miracles on the road,...

"Sinai".(POETRY)(Poem)
March 22, 2005... "Sinai" Cogs of snowflakes Icing ground, Goliath trudging behind Sleighs slicing, ground writhing below We iz Lips quaking, sucking raw seal Kinks silvering in the sleet JAH! Solidify these bones,...

"Ndoko" *.(POETRY)(Poem)
March 22, 2005... "Ndoko" * Blackness is more than beauty It is wings on water Two Ba birds In flight to Kemet -Twin shoulders, black Kilimanjaros To the valley and slope of her neck Her skin is health to my fingers ...

"Bagga Ballad".(POETRY)(Poem)
March 22, 2005... "Bagga Ballad" For you... I would crush mosquitoes before their moon landing And let them pastel into the sunset I would take the glass from your heel And replace all of the stars I would tie a hammock...

Roots.(POETRY)(Poem)
March 22, 2005... Roots Insane, I wander Inside a shallow place That fits me. You can't fit inside me Because... Let me explain; Inside herself, she feels alone But inside her self she wonders If she'll go crazy,...

Water Goddess.(POETRY)(Poem)
March 22, 2005... Water Goddess Arise, she comes from out of the blue sea. I hear her lovely voice calling to me. Her magical harp plays Melodies which soothe My soul, lulling me to internal peace. I follow her...

Tunnel Vision.(POETRY)(Poem)
March 22, 2005... Tunnel Vision Through a dark tunnel I am travelling Until, You place your hand on my Right shoulder and pause there While I stop and look around Frantically Got to get out of the tunnel Got to reach...

Birthright/Again.(POETRY)(Poem)
March 22, 2005... Birthright/Again I rise and die The flower blooms Without a cause to I see inside a torture Chamber, pulling out my nails Remaining nails scratching down a chalk board, Again I don't check to see if you're...

The Sick Blue Day.(POETRY)(Poem)
March 22, 2005... THE SICK BLUE DAY The flesh in these streets Smells three days old I have thoughts of sandwiches The roses have been picked for this season The streets don't cry of what I know It is a long high pitch scream ...

Aqua Over world.(POETRY)(Poem)
March 22, 2005... Aqua Over world I saw aqua in a dream September tenth is when it came to me Orange Birds could fly And I asked if they could be me for a day They flew on The Edelmees chased me. Talked to me with High...

An Eighth Lacking.(POETRY)(Poem)
March 22, 2005... An Eighth Lacking They say I have a caramel complexion But caramel with white turns beige And beige with more white can turn white-- An eggshell colour maybe Textbooks say I am of African descent; I have white...

Down by the Truth.(POETRY)(Poem)
March 22, 2005... Down by the Truth I want you to thrust your fist In the thick pungent air Sticky, humid haze With no name Pushing air up in vain Men and women fight for blood; I've been invited many times. The stench...

Amour, c'est la vie.(POETRY)(Poem)
March 22, 2005... Amour, c'est la vie I want you to cry So we can both get high On love junky rhythms of old school Love, loving deep into the night On screwed up time that ticks away Leaving us awake with sweaty skins ...

Capricorn Night.(POETRY)(Poem)
March 22, 2005... Capricorn Night The deepest wail I can let out I let the streams upon streams Of tears take over My cheeks My face pulled down Toward the earth Wishing it to swallow me Eat me piece by piece...

Holding Firm the Centre (knit one/purl one).(SHORT FICTION)(Short Story)
March 22, 2005... Maurice hopped up the steps (nine ten/a big fat hen) that would take him into the three-room house where he had lived since birth, some sixteen years ago. Right at the top, he stopped and turned around just barely in time then to see the finely...

A different angle.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Review of Paula Aird, What Goes Around. Novel. Victoria, BC. 2004. 255 pages. $25.95. What Goes Around is Paula Aird's first foray into fiction. It's a novel with a fine east of well developed characters, every single one of them...

Less known faces of Jamaica.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Review of Bernadette Gabay Dyer. Waltzes I have not forgotten. Novel. Toronto: Women's Press. 2004. 218 pages. Paper. US $18.95. Waltzes I Have not Forgotten is Bernadette Gabay Dyer's second book of fiction. The first, Villa Fair, is a...

A preview of Anthony Joyette's For Judas Iscariot in Heaven and other poems.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Anthony Joyette's For Judas Iscariot in Heaven is his second book of poetry. In this new collection, the poet extends his view of the relationship between God, humanity and the rest of the universe. There are several dichotomies that are...

Calle Waterman, Poor Ophie.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Calle Waterman, Poor Ophie, USA: 1st Books, 2003. 309 pages Calle Waterman's Poor Ophie is a compelling story about abandonment, a cruel upbringing by an adoptive mother, rejection by natural relatives, sexual abuse, rape and violence, and...