The Editor Speaks: Spell checkers – boon or bane?
I think most people will agree the spell checks like the one built in MS Word are a boon. However they do like to change spellings that are correct when they come across words they have not seen before. Then…
Jo’s Po’s
Joan wrote this poem in happier days. Sadly Joan’s skin cancer has returned but the good news is it has been caught in time. Her cancer is in the face and is the fastest type of skin cancer. This poem…
Idle thoughts of yesteryear
It is 3 years since we published this poem from our Publisher. It was the very first poem she wrote. She will be 81 on September 10th. By Joan Wilson (from her book “Buried Treasures”) Sometimes I let my thoughts…
Maya Angelou – an American messenger, a universal message
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday May 29, 2014 – A remarkable American voice has been stilled, but the entire world is poorer for it. Many of us – including me – never met Maya Angelou, yet…
Brenda Quin’s “Seasons on the Edge of Memory” are her reflections, wishes and questions
M/s Quin’s latest collection of poems and reflections are a history of life she lived, life she lives now and life of the future she worries about. “Seasons on the Edge of Memory” is an apt title for a book…
Thatcher is inspiration for a poem and painting
Full moon calls to gather island Forest, Swipes from the machete awake the solace. Strands collected from the silver thatch heart, They are taken to the weavers to do an art. One makes a twine for the waumpa, Goat skin…
Mother (known as Mama)
Mother (better known as Mama) ‘Mama’ as we called her was so quiet and sweet To hug and kiss her was really a treat. She was fat like mothers of her day you see Having nine healthy children…
