Kola articles from September 2000

Kola archives from September 2000

Editorial.
September 22, 2000... In this issue of Kola, there is a focus on history and the central role it plays in the lives of people who are travelers. In "Reflections at Bolongo," Clarence Bayne carries the reader along a journey into the historical past of the Virgin...

Sky. (Poetry).(Poem)
September 22, 2000... Sky Blue ideation forms window of anticipation as I slice open something and grieve for a place to die

There Is Nothing To Do. (Poetry).(Poem)
September 22, 2000... There Is Nothing To Do but stare at things and wait for inspiration but sometimes you have to force it and I am repeating myself over and over again trying to get it right

Reflections at Bolongo. (Poetry).(Poem)
September 22, 2000... Reflections at Bolongo Virgin Islands, September 2000 Each day the Sun, answering universal laws, rises shines, and blazes an arch across the tropic skies It comes to rest and cool its radiant mass in seas where St Ursula and her...

Articles of Capitulation. (Poetry).(Poem)
September 22, 2000... Articles of Capitulation In Quebec, 1760 White Justice retained White brothers rights to property And slave chattel: Black men, Panis, Metis Stout negro wenches child-bearing promise Good soap and candle makers two Bay...

Give to Mother Africa. (Poetry).(Poem)
September 22, 2000... GIVE TO MOTHER AFRICA Yes you will give to "Mother Africa" Land of first seed Home of all creation Head of all nations. Give to "Mother Africa" You that angered "The Creator" Being cast out, you rebelled And preyed on your...

Calling Africa. (Poetry).(Poem)
September 22, 2000... CALLING AFRICA Ring, ring, ring awaking Weary souls asleeping Hark the call my "Africa" Bang, bang, bang gently arising Come forth all you sons, and daughters Africans are coming home Gather your raiments of power Take heed of...

Neuters. (Poetry).(Poem)
September 22, 2000... NEUTERS I've walked on slippery grounds, heard noises and sounds, Numerous advisers, careless whispers Ignore them, so be the one, pounding heartbeats are winner's form Point of demerits *neuters* Losing your hand Go backward;...

Music World. (Poetry).(Poem)
September 22, 2000... MUSIC WORLD There was a time when I couldn't say no Playing supporting role in one's scenario Desolate stage showed my dug grave Alone in my music world, awaiting the rave The conqueror vanished Hands up to the victim's wish...

For Judas Iscariot in Heaven. (Poetry).(Poem)
September 22, 2000... FOR JUDAS ISCARIOT IN HEAVEN A trillion platitudes have killed you that many times for the act at Gethsemane. A tragic story chaste against the splendors of reality. Hapless treachery loiters with deadly greed, defiling...

Sister. (Poetry).(Poem)
September 22, 2000... SISTER The wind chimes your name as cyclonic tides beat against the earth's skin ice and fire: your silence my noise leave their marks of terror and seduction, wars, sickness, deaths and births. Subdued...

Targets and Bullet Holes. (Poetry).(Poem)
September 22, 2000... TARGETS AND BULLET HOLES To the memory of all the lives who happened into the path of the bullet. including Anthony Griffin and those young black Canadians who were killed by police men in the nineteen eighties and early nineties......

Epitaph. (Poetry).(Poem)
September 22, 2000... Epitaph In memory of the fourteen lives taken at Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, December 1989. Unsung dialogues Of love climax in solemnity. Suddenly Their voices Ascend the harbor of our lives. Amid the consolation...

Conflict. (Poetry).(Poem)
September 22, 2000... Conflict For Mark Lepin I was taught to hate. We were taught to hate. We learnt about differences and everything is man to own, to control. I cannot blame you, child. you are not the first and definitely not the last......

At the Stations of the Cross. (Poetry).(Poem)
September 22, 2000... At the Stations of the Cross For the Duplessis Orphans Yesterday I tried to brush the cobwebs from my windowsill but years of dampness left moistened memories to seep from wounds of molten sins fallacious acts of...

Long Distance Call: one act play. (Drama).(Play)
September 22, 2000... Dramatis Personae Mabel Bottomsly: a woman in her forties Ernesta Sharpe: a slightly younger woman Frederick Coolish: Mabel's boyfriend Operator Bam Bam Watson: a woman in her fifties Saga Boy: a man in his fifties...

Trading Minds. (Documentary).
September 22, 2000... TRADING MINDS My mission is mainly to seek, search, and destroy the myths of the "West Indians" abroad who say that because they have entered a new land, and dwell therein that they must, or should alter their lives completely to fit the...

A candid interview with young Canadian fiction writer Robert Edison Sandiford who presently lives in Barbados.(Interview)
September 22, 2000... ROBERT EDISON SANDIFORD first came on the scene a little over a decade ago when the names and faces of Black writers began to appear in mainstream listings. He was a freelance writer for local newspapers, The Montreal Gazette and Community...