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Martha Cinader speaks with Opal Palmer Adisa in Jamaica, author of Pretty Like Jamaica, published by Caribbean Reads. Martha also speaks with author Chavisa Woods, Executive Director of A Gathering of the Tribes in New York City. Tony Robles reads poetry from Issue 16 of A Gathering of the Tribes Magazine.
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- Glenis Redmond, Poet Laureate of Greenville, SC
Tony Robles sat down to talk with Glenis Redmond, the first poet laureate of Greenville, SC on Sunday, March 26. They had a wide-ranging conversation about Greenville, the Carolinas, writing, her books and her plans as the poet laureate. - i am not you
we be free do you see what i free not be you see i what free be me - wrong
all for naught fraught with care don’t be where you knot belong - Overheated Heart
I see the smoke in your car for a long time, the younger one says They get ouf of the truck and tell me to pop the hood - to belong
i know i go i flow i see i free i me part of whole a soul - Shame Game
he covers her cage with his rage, takes her song, tells her she’s wrong, weak, shouldn’t speak. she waits long for dawn. - Good morning
- Children in the Caribbean and Tribes in New York
Martha Cinader speaks with Opal Palmer Adisa in Jamaica, author of Pretty Like Jamaica, published by Caribbean Reads. Martha also speaks with author Chavisa Woods, Executive Director of A Gathering of the Tribes in New York City. Tony Robles reads poetry from Issue 16 of A Gathering of the Tribes Magazine. - good morning
one little muscovy - he chose me
fresh with still-wet hair spit on my pubescent idea of fair, a wad on my head to add to my dread that he might lash out about a girl as wrong as a protest song - Pretty Like Jamaica, a Story Especially for Caribbean Children
We talked about how the role of provider has changed in Jamaica, gender violence, Jamaican National language and English in the schools, choosing to live in Jamaica, and her plans for at least ten more children’s books… - what is tomorrow?
what is tomorrow? does memory make me? can it break me? am i what was said? was i led to dread? what’s in my head? - Review: A Gathering of the Tribes–The Black Lives Matter Issue
Memory is honored, the names of those slain by police held up in a light of poetry, the fire of strength raging from our streets to the page… - Warehouse
A poem by Tony Robles - The #1 Reason Plans Fail
The number one reason plans fail is because we fail to plan. The solution is simple. Write down your plan. If you want to change anything, write down what you WILL do to make the change. - Red Shoes, Wild Women Writers
An archival interview of Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, author of Women who run with the wolves, Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype. A conversation with Nilsa Rivera, about podcasting and navigating the world as writers. - Using frozen fish for bait
I don’t know if it’s going to go for a dead fish, but we will find out… - i gave a bug a hug
i gave a bug a hug she was here first custodian of the universe. i watered her tree, thanked her for visiting me. we’re friends to the end. it’s war out there. we have to take care of each other. - Good Morning
Making sourdough bread is a rewarding ritual. Ingredients: time, patience, flour, water, sea salt. - Assembling a Wheelchair
And somewhere a wheel chair is being put together while a world tilts on its axis trying to find its bearings
