archive for Poetry

• Poetry in Motion’s Golden Tongue Award

  22 February 2010 by Karin in Poetry [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_7274" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Cherry Natural"][/caption] The Golden Tongue Award will be awarded to the winners of an annual poetry competition taking place in Mandeville on February 28th. The entrant(s) will be asked to write a poem depicting and reflecting some aspect ...

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• Poetic Words From Crimson Heart Replica

  3 November 2009 by Karin in Poetry [ 1 comment ]

  piling worn clothes from a suitcase to the floor my heart strings tangled up in my dirty jeans i love u more overseas and it takes two watches to count the days and watch the time go by and it takes more than worry to ...

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• YardEdge Talks to Jamaican Poet Millicent Graham

  26 August 2009 by Karin in Poetry [ 2 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_5550" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="Bookophilia's Rhonda Lopez (left) and Millicent Graham reading at Bookophilia July 19"][/caption] YardEdge's guest blogger, Karen Hutchinson talks to Millicent Graham. Confession time: the very first time I saw Millicent Graham I thought she was a flake. Why? ...

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• YardEdge Talks to Jamaican Poet, Tanya Shirley About Her New Collection

  26 July 2009 by Karin in Poetry [ 20 comments ]

  YE: Why are you a writer/poet? Tanya: Primarily because I’ve always loved to read and that inspired my imagination and my love for words. Reading a lot from an early age made me want to create my own stories. I’ve also ...

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• To Be A Dog For A Day

  27 June 2009 by Karin in Poetry [ 10 comments ]

  Photo contribed by www.christopherspenn.com   Dog For A Day! Yipee! I'm a dog for the day! Other dogs please come out and play. We'll play ball and tug-o-war, We can't play with my shoe because it tore. After all this excitement we'll have a drink, Fron the highest ...

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• Charlie Bobus Presents “Portmore Poetry & Live Music Wednesdays”

  10 January 2009 by Karin in Poetry [ no comments ]

  For more about Charlie Bobus and his work, see the 2 part interview with Charlie Bobus Motivating the masses with a positive message - Charlie Bobus, Professional Dub Poet

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• Velma Pollard Launches New Book of Poetry This Sunday

  19 November 2008 by Karin in Interviews, Poetry [ 6 comments ]

  Jamaican poet, Dr. Velma Pollard along with Earl McKenzie are launching two books of poetry on Sunday, November 23 at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts at 11 am.   Earl McKenzie is launching Almond Leaf and Velma Pollard, ...

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• YardEdge talks to Jamaican Poet Ainsley Burrows

  16 November 2008 by Karin in Interviews, Poetry [ 5 comments ]

  YardEdge talks to Ainsley Burrows, Jamaican poet who was recently featured in the new Guiness TV ad shown above. YardEdge: Why are you a writer? Poet? Ainsley: I am a writer and a poet because I realized that this was the ...

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