Amy Li Baksh 10/30/20 Amy Li Baksh 10/30/20

Masking

Dr. Jacinth Browne-Howard 10/30/20 Dr. Jacinth Browne-Howard 10/30/20

Becoming Rage

Tantie Mary say that since me feel me a big woman now, to gwan and don’t comeback. The words still ring in my head three weeks later. My last image of Hibiscus Road featured the woman who raised me.

Anella D. Shillingford 10/30/20 Anella D. Shillingford 10/30/20

A Church Girl Gone Rogue

You said inside

I said no way

You said dolls

I said trucks.

Maelynn Seymour-Major 10/30/20 Maelynn Seymour-Major 10/30/20

Thriving

i flourish

like bougainvillea

that rustles in the breeze

outside my window

pink + plentiful

Heather Doram 10/30/20 Heather Doram 10/30/20

Isolation 1

This piece is full of pathos, evoking pity and sadness…

Jarrod Williams 10/30/20 Jarrod Williams 10/30/20

I Was Eight Years Old

I couldn’t tell her what I had suffered. It was a guarded secret for me.

Javanna Cumberbatch 10/30/20 Javanna Cumberbatch 10/30/20

A SONG BY THE BEACH

The ocean quivers

Its heart is warm now

Its aim is as swift, and precise as a tall bird

Javanna Cumberbatch 10/30/20 Javanna Cumberbatch 10/30/20

NOT TO HAVE

A nation to be built

A noble lion as the head

And a graceful lioness

Justin Credible 10/30/20 Justin Credible 10/30/20

Spice up Your life

Growing up on this Caribbean island meant that society was not accepting of same sex unions. I felt like I had to be “straight” in order to fit in or to be accepted.

Autumn Odlum 10/30/20 Autumn Odlum 10/30/20

Learning and Loving Pink

I can see how stubborn a six-year-old I must have been to proudly proclaim that I would never own anything pink and to loudly declare ,to anyone who would listen, that my favourite colour was actually blue (in truth, I never liked blue that much) .

Javanna Cumberbatch 10/30/20 Javanna Cumberbatch 10/30/20

THISTLE

Your nose need not be pinched

For you were made with straight lines

Your beauty is standard

Latoya Waugh 10/30/20 Latoya Waugh 10/30/20

Her Fate Decided

It was three months after moving into their new home that Toni-Ann was recognising a new pattern with George. He seemed secretive, withdrawn at times and agitated with her most days.

Javanna Cumberbatch 10/30/20 Javanna Cumberbatch 10/30/20

LAUREL WREATHS

As for the little women, their time was up

This day was for the next generation to keep

And lock it away within their memories

Zahra Gordon 10/30/20 Zahra Gordon 10/30/20

S*x Ed for Little Girls

I was doing everything wrong and they made sure I knew.

There were supposed to be two buckets of water, not one. The panties were washed with blue soap before the bath, not after. Body wash was to be applied in a circular motion, not up and down, up and down.