Kola articles from September 2007

Kola archives from September 2007

Editorial.(Editorial)
September 22, 2007... Kola is approaching twenty years of publication and we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to our patrons, subscribers and contributors. It is you who have made the magazine successful. From its inception, the magazine has worked...

I Am.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2007... I Am (A Response to Cyril Dabydeen's "I am not") I am West Indian Caribbean Listen to me Listen to me man Let me tell you One, two, three, four... time You see me-- am West Indian man Lamming,...

Think Green.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2007... THINK GREEN Far back in time before Einstein redefined time Everywhere was beauty, the trees, viper, and mankind The hardwood trees shimmied in the morning breeze The branches wore sleeves buffed with green leaves and...

I Will Survive (Nappy I).(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2007... I WILL SURVIVE (NAPPY I) Nappy locks, Rasta locks, dread locks Like the Tabonuco tree roots lock United against the storms of hurricane hell That rage and rip up mangrove roots Leave stalks to stand like Hagen's human...

Beyond Slavery.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2007... Beyond Slavery Racing through space on the tail of a star We exploded into a billion brilliant sparks That bit into the darkness all around And plummeted to isolated parts where Once before the evil one had plunged ...

Hip Hop Crime.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2007... Hip Hop Crime I woke up sweating in the cold night Cause I heard screaming, heard her cry "No more, no more, no more, no more Baby, no more, Baby no more" Then I heard whop! Whop! Whop! Another scream: "No more....

Song of Compassion (1958).(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2007... Song of Compassion (1958) Little voice! Little voice! Do you hear me? Do you hear me calling? I can hear your rhythmic voice? Do you hear me calling? Can I ask you for a favour? None graver asked before...

Unspoken.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2007... Unspoken It's like I can't figure him out in one sense and in another I can. in the material plane he's an elusive fragmented character; in the spiritual plane: he's whole and divine. I know him well in the spiritual and...

Still Waters.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2007... Still Waters after yesterday, I knew bliss again, he was sweet and intimate and mine. as intimate as I could get him to be talking about the beach and somehow feeling his memories, he saw mine. on the page. were we really...

A Lamb to the Slaughter.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2007... A Lamb to the Slaughter (Isaiah 53) We scorned Your name and spurned Your Person As You walked Calvary's death row in pain. You did it for us while grief and rejection You received. Those strips of flesh and crown Of...

My Redeemer.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2007... My Redeemer You walked death's road with my shame, Bloodied-faced, thorn-crowned and lame. You died to set me free On that rugged cross of Calvary. Stripped, striped and forlorn My sins you bore alone. Oh...

Every Moment of Every Second.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2007... EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY SECOND I love you not only when you expect me to... But every hour in a day, Every minute in an hour, Every second in a minute, Every moment of every second. When you're near, and when...

Friendship.(POETRY)(Poem)
September 22, 2007... Friendship Friendship is like a beautiful star That burst forth from the sky To put a new spark into your life. Friendship is sometimes a gradual growth Like a flower inching its way To become a beautiful...

Director's notes.(About the Theatre)(Short story)
September 22, 2007... For me, The Lady Smith was a discovery. I had never come across it before. Although, I thought I'd heard of, or seen almost, all of Andrew's plays. It came out of nowhere during my search for this season's production. It came out of nowhere and...

Teardrops.(Fiction)(Short story)
September 22, 2007... When crystal teardrops fell from the rumored icy priceless princess' jeweled green eyes, it was as though the angels wept. Indeed they did. As evidence, the clouds burst and the earth siblings ran for cover from what they called a flash flood....

Devotions.(Fiction)(Short story)
September 22, 2007... I see and feel him cradle the nape of my neck and mouth I care into my shoulder. It makes me shudder and I can't think. He drinks me in with his mouth and cups my buttocks with demanding hands. Together we fit a mould captured upon the hearth...

Anthony Joyette, For Judas Iscariot in Heave and other poem.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Anthony Joyette, For Judas Iscariot in Heave and other poem, AFO Enterprises, 2005: Book Review Joyette's collection For Judas Iscariot in Heaven extends a spiritual offering of redemption for humankind that is envisioned within the social...

A Portrait of the Artist as a Deviant: Turn the switch off on "no Snitching".
September 22, 2007... Is it possible that the KKK is right? They claim that their job on Blacks are done, because a set of black hip hop artists from the "wormwood" of society are doing a better job at demeaning and abusing Black people, especially Black women. They...

The Black Theatre Workshop (BTW): An Artistic Cultural Experience in Canadian Diversity.(Part 1)(Company overview)
September 22, 2007... Introduction. The Black Theatre Workshop (Le Theatre BTW Inc.) evolves out of the Drama Committee of the Trinidad and Tobago Association of Montreal (October 1965-1985). It is the oldest surviving professional English speaking Black theatre...