Book Review – Home Again stories of migration and return

Book Review
Sorhaindo, Celia and Pattullo, Polly – Home Again stories of migration and return, London and Roseau, Dominica, Papillote Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9532224-5-2, £9.99
By Darren Sylvester & Dawn Celaire Robinson
We had the early advantage of reading this book in May 2009 thanks to Dr David Michael purchasing a copy for us while on holiday in [...]

To Know

This wonderfully written and beautiful poem is called To Know and was written by Ezra S Ulysses

 

You can visit Ezra’s profile on Dominican Diaspora 

 

http://dominicans.ning.com/profile/Ez 

I opened my eyes today, and before I could shield them to the sunlight creeping through my window, my first thought was you.

I quickly closed them again so I could picture you [...]

Snow by Christian Volney

This morning the snow bewildered me, the yawning of a new day that did not impress upon me.
The sun then yielded its way, so here we are in waiting this day with a promise of its sunshine’s ray.
Written by Christian Volney
You can find Christian on the Dominican Diaspora social network
http://dominicans.ning.com/profile/ChristianVolney

Love Died (2008) by Kalinago*

I fell in love with words when I read a poem in Convent High School by Louise Bennett, titled, “Colonization in Reverse”. It amazed me to see Caribbean dialect on paper! As bakay blanc as I am I felt like the proudest member of black Africa growing up and it was such a treat to [...]

Memories Of Love

This wonderfully written and beautiful poem is called “Memories Of Love” and was written by Ezra S Ulysses
You can visit Ezra’s profile on Dominican Diaspora

http://dominicans.ning.com/profile/Ez
Time flies when you’re in love.
It seems like yesterday we met
Like
yesterday we took that first step
Remember when?
When we looked into
each other’s eyes?
And there in the depth of our [...]

Dominica by Diane Corriette

Dominica by Diane Corriette
Do you know the nature island?
Only those who have had the pleasure can understand.
More beauty than heaven itself.
Its mountains, the rainforest, the boiling lake.
Non stop sightings of whales and dolphins.
If paradise was an island, it would be called Dominica.
Capture the beauty, enjoy the food and let the locals spoil you.
Anyone who [...]

Audio Extract From the Nature Island Book Fair & Literary Festival 2008

The Nature Island Book Fair & Literary Festival was held in Dominica from August 8 – 10, 2008 at the UWI Open campus with special guest
St. Lucia’s Nobel laureate, poet & playwright, Derek Walcott.
Below is an audio extract that includes an opening address from the Chairman of the Reunion committee Hubert Charles
The Prime Minister of [...]

Aids a silence killer

A – Adorable don’t be allure
I  – Infective be protective
D – Dangerous be not zealous
S – serious enough to kill you
A – Anticipating destruction to ones self
S –stay far away from it
I – interest only to crush lives
L- Looking out to destroy you
E – Enthusiastic only to alleviate lives
N – Notorieties is it attitude of [...]