Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné



Still Seeds

Daughter, drink the bitter things first: there is almost always medicine in what stings most. For instance, each leaf must steep in boiling water to do its work. Each blade of grass must first bruise to become medicine vervine, soursop, …

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NEW CARIBBEAN Editorial

The thing for me is, firstly, while I recognise the usefulness of full publication as a rubicon for determining real writers from aspiring ones, I do think there are many things that we can miss. For instance, over the last few years, some local anthologies have been published, representing the poetic output at national levels – Jubilation which celebrated 50 years of Jamaican independence.

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Mama River

This river is not my mother. My mother is the red knot in my eye My mother is this necklace of beads and bone My mother is lichen, moss and undergrowth My mother is salt, tide and undertow My mother …

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