Feathers
“She sits in an old people’s home/ thinking of feathers: how one/ should hold them lightly; how they fly…”
By Esther Phillips.
Caribbean writers
from ‘Far District’
“Evenings, on the way from primary school,/ I saw her, dressed in cowgirl boots and cutoffs,/ blouse opened on a barstool outside The Cool Spot…” By Ishion Hutchinson.
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Purgatory
“I learned I would die/ someday, and the fast car will get you there/ long before death…”
By Kwame Dawes.
Phyllis Shand Allfrey: The Poet
Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert on the poetry of Phyllis Shand Allfrey in a special essay from our 12th issue.
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A Prayer for the Unflummoxed Beaver
“a prayer for the cedar balls/ that break when you touch them and stain/ your fingers yellow, that release from their tiny bellies/ the smell of old churches…” By Kei Miller.
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Herons
“A gleaming wanting to withhold itself and almost doing that, almost/ slipping back into the green, unnoticed but for the shift of light…”
By Kendel Hippolyte.
Leaving Coal Mine
“I wore charred wings in my hair/ for weeks after she left,/ I prayed to her in tongues/ of wild grasses and deep water.” By Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné.
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Summer 2014 — “Fantasy & Escapeâ€
What’s inside the fantasy and escape issue of the magazine…
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The Great Escape
In the constant shuffle of commodities and experiences available for the savvy shopper / believer, “buying in” has never been easier in the ever evolving search for the new you. Senior Articles Editor Aaron Grierson examines the trend in this essay from the 12th issue.
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Gateways: A Caribbean Sampler
An introduction to the Caribbean writers’ feature By John Robert Lee “I accept this archipelago of the Americas.†~ Derek Walcott (‘The Muse of History’)…
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