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Christian Campbell Goodman’s Bay Shells for Sonia Sanchez Legba Twilight Moruga Anthuriums Yellow Rooms Repatriation Groove On Listening to Shabba While Reading Césaire Rudical: Derek Bennett, killed by police Loretta Collins Klobah El Velorio, The Wake (1893) Going Up, Going Down Novena a La Reina María Lionza Noche primera Noche segunda Noche tercera Immaculate noche cuarta Noche quinta Noche sexta Noche séptima Noche octava Noche novena The Twelve-Foot Neon Woman on Top of Marla’s Exotik Pleasure Palace Speaks of Papayas, Hurricanes, and Wakes By the Waters of St. Lucia Two Women Chatting by the Sea (1856) Shara McCallum Now the Guitar Begins 1 Last Song 2 A Story 3 Fate 4 Electroshock 5 Fugue 6 The Call 7 Interlude 8 Genesis 9 Music Not Meant for Music’s Cage 10 Coda 41 43 45 46 47 48 49 51 52 54 56 59 61 65 65 66 66 67 68 68 69 70 71 73 75 81 81 82 83 84 84 85 85 86 86 vi New Caribbean Poetry
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11 The Flamboyant What I’m Telling You from jack mandoora me no choose none The tragedy of the mermaid What the Oracle Said Dove Election Days Dear History Mother and Child Tanya Shirley Guinep Out of Body Sunday Ritual The Life Left Behind The Music Man She Who Sleeps With Bones My name Cancer (Part I) Catholic School Inheritance My Christian Friend Music is Made Out of Smoke Bought for Half the Original Price Ian Strachan gods and spirits are summoned through the portal divine Mae Hanna, Grandmother The Dead Their Due ‘All Blues’: Miles Davis Quintet Haitian Worker, Monday Morning Gloriana i must share these with you The Felling of a Tree Song Lady Lazarus in the Sun Miss I-Tired For the Seeds that Wither The Wild Cat The Mango A Grandfather Sings Jennifer Rahim contents 87 88 89 91 92 93 94 95 96 99 100 102 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 112 113 115 119 122 125 127 129 130 134 137 138 140 144 145 147 148 149 vii

Christian Campbell

Goodman’s Bay

Shells for Sonia Sanchez

Legba

Twilight

Moruga

Anthuriums

Yellow Rooms

Repatriation

Groove

On Listening to Shabba While Reading Césaire

Rudical: Derek Bennett, killed by police

Loretta Collins Klobah

El Velorio, The Wake (1893)

Going Up, Going Down

Novena a La Reina María Lionza

Noche primera

Noche segunda

Noche tercera

Immaculate noche cuarta

Noche quinta

Noche sexta

Noche séptima

Noche octava

Noche novena

The Twelve-Foot Neon Woman on Top of Marla’s Exotik Pleasure

Palace Speaks of Papayas, Hurricanes, and Wakes

By the Waters of St. Lucia

Two Women Chatting by the Sea (1856)

Shara McCallum

Now the Guitar Begins

1 Last Song

2 A Story

3 Fate

4 Electroshock

5 Fugue

6 The Call

7 Interlude

8 Genesis

9 Music Not Meant for Music’s Cage

10 Coda

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