The Muscovies have broken off into two tribes. The semi-wild pond family that loses all its eggs and babies to predators (so far) and the locked- under-deck family that doesn’t want to leave, and so far, raises their babies in safety.
- 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
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