The National Cultural Foundation
West Terrace,
St. James, Barbados
246-417-6610
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We Stick Up At Home
Lock up in we yard An tings real hard. Cyah guh out in de street Man tings real bleak. We stick up at home. De rum shop shut -Yuh might lose yuh rum gut- Cyah guh out on de block Cause we might get caught. Dominoes wid de men Come [...]
The Dusk Has Closen In
The Dusk Has Closen In
Spectre
How has 2021 been for me? The answer lies predominantly in what it has no longer been, which requires some historical context. Loneliness is a defining feature of the human experience. We were pulled into this world, into a skin that separates us, and, likewise, will be tugged from it. [...]
Mirror Not Included
Mirror Not Included
Garden State of Mind
Garden State of Mind Infestation Mosaic mycelia coil, assuming a soursop tree shape. They coat its fruits' spines. Also fenced in with disease, Mangifera’s offerings are false. Ripening before you could call them mangoes, they shrivel to unclasp and fall. The aborted, each a failed family tree, draw money flies [...]
THE RENTAL
PRELUDE: Stanton stood calmly at the zebra crossing, mildly distracted by earlier events of the morning… There was really no need for Nicole to carry on and on about the prolonged domino session with the boys. The losses and wins were coming so fast and steadily with all de exciting [...]
What do you do when the world is falling apart?
You wash your hands. You lather them with antibacterial soap and you scrub till the skin is raw and red. Then you turn the tap off with your elbow pushing the bathroom door open with your back to exit. You sit, it has now become your days’ work, you sit [...]
The Literary Scene
I a nobody On the literary scene Watched them as they craft Saw the adoration As with the who is who They laughed Poetry & stories poured from their fingertips like manna To be devoured by critics, judges and fans I a nobody watched from afar Parchment white mocking my [...]
Schools Out
The children spun in a circle as the sun cast an eerie glow. Singing… Corona, Corona, She will soon own yuh; You will soon die and enter that pie in the sky. Then they burst into fits of laughter at their morbid joke. It had been over a year since [...]
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