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Tanya Shirley Poems Now Available On CD

Poems by Jamaican poet/author Tanya Shirley are now available online at poetryarchive.org. You may purchase a CD of her reading many of her work, and these CDs can be shipped internationally right to your doorstep. Tanya Shirley is a startlingly bold writer with a particular gift for highlighting the telling detail in her vivid and [...]

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Out Of Many One People by George Graham

Foreigners are often startled when they hear me talk. The unmistakable lilt brands me as Jamaican, but my appearance does not fit their racial profile. ‘Where are you from?’ is nearly always followed by, ‘You don’t look Jamaican.’ So what does a Jamaican look like? True, most Jamaicans have dark brown complexions, a combination of [...]

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Danger In Daegu – A Poem By Michael Abrahams

Carter to Frater to Blake to Bolt Electrified like ten million volts For Jamaica shock out in di 4 by 1 Wid an epic mind-blowing world record run In di 100 metres Bolt false start Did expect fi get gold but en up wid naught Blake tek dat as di youngest champ While Carter falter [...]

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Mervyn Morris Poems Now Available Online At The Poetry Archive

Selected poems by Mervyn Morris, the internationally acclaimed poet and retired Professor of Creative Writing and West Indian Literature, UWI, Mona, are now accessible to audiences worldwide on the Poetry Archive, the world’s premier online collection of recordings of poets reading their work … get more details here

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Inna Mi Heart – A Compilation Of 59 Jamaican Love Poems

Inna Mi Heart is a compilation of 59 Jamaican love poems, written and performed to background music by Joan Andrea Hutchinson, who is already well known for her work in preserving Jamaican cultural heritage. It was first made available in book format (in 2007), and now it’s available as a 59 track CD described as [...]

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