Kola articles from September 2006

Kola archives from September 2006

Editorial.(Keith Forde, Barbadian Canadian police officer)(Editorial)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... Editorial: Kola is indeed honored to pay tribute to an outstanding Barbadian/Canadian who has done the Canadian Black Community proud. Deputy Commissioner Forde, Toronto Police Force, was the Keynote speaker at the West Island Black Community...

Keith L. Forde Deputy Chief, Toronto Police Service.(Biography)
September 22, 2006... In 2005, Keith L. Forde became the first visible minority Deputy Chief of Police in the history of the Toronto Police Service. He is responsible for the TPS Human Resources Command and oversees: hiring and promotion; training and education and...

The Book.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2006... The Book Of fresh flesh and solid bones it crossed the threshold of our homes Battling on surface, beneath and above Halos dismiss... rooting thorn diadems The given hour serves us right condemned Premises ...

And The Runner Up.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2006... And The Runner Up Endless, these narrowed tunnels Selected aisles to bombshells Miss such and that purrs Guest of beauty blurs Oriented means call civilized Halo of dreams crown the juvenile Strolling...

? = ?.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2006... ? = ? Wonder why today brought this feeling of emptiness Me, Christian child born and blessed These sacraments pronounced to be maximized The sacraments prevailed Among us the baptized Will ever the...

Rain.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2006... Rain My window panes are misty with thoughts of pain, When it rains, The numbness drains yet I see the weathervane, And I am sane No more blame and shame, Why complain, the water's washed my stain

Moor.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2006... Moor Again it pours for hours more Answering prayers laid at Christ's sweet door, An Altar to another moor, A secret cure voodoo, For God's child--no daughter Child no more

Awake.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2006... Awake Someone speaks to me as I sleep Bless them for as I wake I am sane, it's no mistake, All clear I am prepared as though I am wearing battle gear, The Luna glows upon nay soul, Upon my body from head to toe, ...

Gregory's Song.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2006... Gregory's Song I think of you with the morning sun As the warmth of the sky rains down on me You cover my body with your soulful embrace As you recite to me your sultry poetry Then I close my eyes and picture you...

Perception.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2006... Perception What do you see when you look at me? My Colour--Black My Size--Fat Loud, Mean Certainly not a Queen Of Africa Barbados Canada? Poverty, Crime "Hey mon--got a dime?" Brown,...

The Prayer.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2006... The Prayer As I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul will keep For if I live throughout this night Another day I must live and fight This war inside my head does kill My hopes and dreams of like so...

oceans away.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2006... oceans away the phone don't ever ring when you desperate ants crawling all over your skin the phone ring yes but is not the call you wanting every string tied you wait one more time for the...

Atlanta Dreams.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2006... Atlanta Dreams somewhere way over here my life begins in half-light every day half-lies keeping me awake begins in twilight somewhere way out there in this city inside my head i wake wordless ...

Skinnydipping in the Citylight.(Poem)
September 22, 2006... Skinnydipping in the Citylight here at the surface we meet each other eternity stretching out before us timeless... we float with the horizon well out of focus but we never know... is soon time to try and...

Atonement.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2006... Atonement b i t t e r sweet fruit upon my tongue i taste your name richly steeped in wine an' good-jamaica-rum preserving then the raisin of your goodness with which I bake anew each...

i flow.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2006... i flow like soft drizzle in the effervescent glow of evening light champagne bubbles floating on air i celebrate my newness a tingle of soft nerves re-wiring you call my name your voice electric ...

"Observing the Canadian-Caribbean Self." Review of Robert Sandiford, Sand for Snow: A Caribbean-Canadian Chronicle.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... "Observing the Canadian-Caribbean Self." Review of Robert Sandiford, Sand for Snow: A Caribbean-Canadian Chronicle: Montreal: DC Books, 2003. 188 pages. $15.95 paper. $26.95 hardcover. Robert E. Sandiford's Sand for Snow is a compilation of...

Rasta Soldier.(Play)
September 22, 2006... ACT I Scene 1: John's Apartment Two Black men are hanging out in an apartment room in NDG, Prud' Homme Avenue, listening to Raggae and calypso, and drinking beer. Kassim is a second year student at McGill, second generation Canadian of...