Tribute

I am dress, I am dress

in my gold, green and black

pondering lyrics

lyrics from way back

lyrics that caress the mind

put the heart in a straight line

and our feet, to which Garvey speaks

to march in this time.

I am dress, I am dress

in my gold, green and black

pondering lyrics

lyrics from way back

in this universal crisis

Claude McKay

open our eyes, strengthen our feet

to walk on oppression-devices.

while Miss Lou,

Louise Bennett

in Jamaican dialect

told us of us long ago

which breathes new life

in our hearts and soul

to move us on this upward road.

I am dress, I am dress

in my gold, green and black

pondering lyrics

lyrics from way back.

- Calmore Nix

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The guest

Black, shiny, wiggly

Full of speed

I wonder if it bites?

This many-legged insect

Gets me full of fright

In pants legs

On walls

It crawls

We should sympathise

The trees and the roots

Are now turned to homes

So the poor creature

A spine-chilling feature

Is seen quite a lot

Unwelcome is he

The centipede

- Atilda Duncan

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I am a WIP

Yes, it started before my conversion

I am a WIP

The work began when

The seed was planted

I am a WIP

God is not finished with me yet.

He is transforming my nature

From glory to glory

As I chew on the word

And experience His grace

I am a WIP

In the workshop of God.

The more I lose self

The more I become like Him

Less of my wants and desires

More of His will and purpose,

Firmly anchored to his root

I am being changed.

He beats the anvil

Passes it through the fire

Shaping me into His masterpiece;

I am a work in progress

Each day taking the form of His mould.

- Kenneth Grant

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The forbidden kiss

They remind me of rose petals after the rain

pink, soft and shiny

Inviting to touch, feel and taste

your lips

they make you

they complete you

I don't really know you

but

your lips are perfect

you speak to me but I hear no words

no sound

just your lips moving

teasing

tempting me to just ...

kiss!

You know I like your lips

and you too

but still you shy away

is it because of him?

Or

is it because of her?

I don't care!

I just want to kiss you

to feel your lips, to taste them

to experience the sweet taste

of the forbidden kiss

- Chandia Walters