Unheardwords of Writers of Colour

Honey Child by Marilyn Fairley
Sister girl, you know the truth." The older telling the younger woman the way it shouldn't be.

Go Down Easy by Maria G
They remain stuck tip of tongue
As I know when I need,
want, cling,
You let me down hard,
fast, cruelly,

The Extreme Sport by Allison Mitchell
When last you drive
pun dese roads?
Get behind dat wheel
an' yuh takin' yuh life
in yuh own hands.

Bradford 1968 by Sheree Mack
...then there's the reality of love...Pulling in punters with thumping bass and seamless vibes, material heard nowhere else in the coloured crowd...

Breakfast by Kamah Alicia Scott
Then your words struck
and we'd spin
Both of us
in separate fantasies

A Likeness Bearing No Essence by Alfreda Darden
its only resemblance is its shell
the true sanity lives in a hell
destined to be free

Sliver of Light by Sanjulo
gonna sit down one day
and write a poem
abt loving
life

REDEYE by Miss M Calame-Bruce
Dust for dust,
In exchange for his soul.
Haf fi get what 'im want fi get,
before the sunsets.

GUNSHOT by Karen Plumb
Time's over before it's begun
2 lives for the price of 1
Who's job to measure the loss,
Weighin' up heartache
Counting the cost?

A Kid by Suzanne Flynn
remember, WHEN
You adapted, your school
uniform
And wouldn't wear the clothes
you were bought