Kola articles from September 2005

Kola archives from September 2005

In the room of Magi.(Poem)
September 22, 2005... In the room of Magi (For Paloma) Here he began to rebuild his edifice of life from a new awareness more resilient than the first. He blended her good wishes on love's bosom, with the challenges of...

In Memory of Dezzy.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2005... In Memory of Dezzy, (My brother) The eyes are the windows to the soul And through the eyes you'll see a hole, A hole in our hearts that aches and pains, A strong type of hurt that flows through our veins. And in...

Look: Life is Grand.(Poem)
September 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...

Cave Preparation.(Poem)
September 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...

Poem for a Black Girl.(Poem)
September 22, 2005... Poem for a Black Girl Here I am Alone In Diaspora Standing silent Rediscovered In reference To what you Projected Falsely To me I am A mystic Mirror On the wall ...

Multiculturalism: governor general, Canada, September 2005.(Poem)
September 22, 2005... Multiculturalism, in the flickering light of feeble minds you stand accused of imprisoning lovers in separate beds Entombing them in crypts where at night wailing cries vibrate Through the thick impenetrable walls made by Verdi's lyrics To...

A Common Man's Sonnet.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2005... A Common Man's Sonnet I read the rhyming couplets of the poet By profession, repute branded the Bard I cannot for my precious life tell you Why a man so schooled in life, well read Fraid tell im oman "Gal me want you...

G.W. Bush and Kristina.(Poem)
September 22, 2005... G.W. Bush and Kristina Friends Fellow Americans We pray for you Kristina Is a killer Enraged We have people Placed Resources ready I've given orders. Armoured trucks are On the...

Rasta Say My Country.(Poem)
September 22, 2005... Rasta Say My Country Look here mon This, is mine sah My earth Yeah mon Jab gift to I My Country Best nobody Tell I, nothin' Otherwise sah; That I must Speak better Parlez Francais ...

To Anthony: Judas Iscariot in Heaven.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2005... To Anthony: Judas Iscariot in Heaven If it is possible That out of nothing Comes all matter And we Matter Encase The germ of life Transformed If it is true That a swift slap On the bare...

Dawn of Christmas.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2005... Dawn of Christmas A silver moon shines darts On a snow-white night The reflection pales in the light Of Christmas brights encircling Dormant houses bedecked with icicles. Amidst the merriment, the Christ Child...

Moonlight Serenade.(Poem)
September 22, 2005... Moonlight Serenade You peered through The darkness of the night, A yellow split for eyes. The waves pounded From the sea against the shore As you moved out of sight. Your blackened visage Haunted...

Moses of Mount Fendue.(Poem)
September 22, 2005... Moses of Mount Fendue The road was hot and dusty And our legs wearied from walking. At Morne Fendue, Rose took the map, Located La vera National Park. She decided to walk southwest. Moses approached, his...

Freedom Tears.(Poem)
September 22, 2005... Freedom Tears Africa laughs from my eyes Tinges my blood purple Curls my hair at the roots, Denies me a future solitude By chaining me darkly to the past, She cries out to me for hope. Oh Africa, Mother...

Little prayers.(Poem)
September 22, 2005... Do you hear our little voices When we speak to you at night? Do you listen when we cry, Or when we whisper through tears And our words don't always come out right? Do you hear me above the thunder And the...

Shannon.(Poem)
September 22, 2005... Shannon You are fire and heartbreak, Water and light A winner, a beginner You try with all your might, And you dance. You dance to the rhythm of sunlight As you sway in the womb Of the moon's ...

Vagrant and Miracle.(Poem)
September 22, 2005... Vagrant and Miracle A vagrant's heart was his, Bleached like a driftwood For years on a fragment Of stagnant time, His hands tied, castrated of creativity Longing to follow sunsets Into Crystal avenues. ...

Reflections on growing up in Parish Land.(FICTION)(Short Story)
September 22, 2005... As I looked out from the seventeenth floor apartment of my building there was a long stretch of darkness appearing to the South East. The St. Lawrence River filled the space. Colours of green, orange, red, blue and yellow sparkled from high...

George Elliot Clarke. Odysseys Home: Mapping African-Canadian Literature.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... George Elliot Clarke. Odysseys Home: Mapping African-Canadian Literature. University of Toronto Press, 200Y xii, 492, Cloth $85, paper $35. Is African-Canadian literature one of Canada's newest or is it one of Canada's oldest literatures?...

Notes to "Poem for a Black girl".(Brief Article)
September 22, 2005... This poem was inspired by another poem written by a young Black woman, Shani Carter, and read at the BTW community event, Art Diversity and Social Change: Exploring the Connections, Thursday 10 June, at 3680 Jean Mance. The Poem she presented...

"For Judas Iscariot in Heaven".(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Review of Anthony Joyette's "For Judas Iscariot in Heaven" Anthony Joyette in his book of poems "For Judas Iscariot in Heaven" explores the concept of betrayal and the role it plays in relationships, and more profoundly our search for meaning...