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Celia A Sorhaindo
B. 1968
Celia A Sorhaindo is a poet from the Caribbean island of Dominica, where she now resides after living many years in the UK. Her poetry has been widely published in…
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by Celia A Sorhaindo
Day break, and fog brain searchlights for reasons not to wake up just yet; stay well asleep; head under cover a little longer. I find no good excuses. Today, my…
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Sometimes the only babies us women (sub)consciously choose to birth are our words. Always a late developer, mine scratched on pregnant pause— then forced their way out of tight lips….
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some pyrite worms gobbled long ago stayed lodged in our throats. irritated. we tried honey. we hacked. we swallowed hard. it took a stab in the black for us to…
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After the hurricane, my grandmother, in her basement storeroom, hunkered down, knelt her knees raw with prayer the whole long long lashing tail of night, then ascended slippery stairs hoping…
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When they start to shout at us after saying come talk, trust us this is a safe space, tell us this is for our own damn good little girls little…
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Mr Elias John-Baptiste says they sent a biblical hurricane so he could know God. Says God’s eye stayed above his house. Stared him out for 8 hours just to make…
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Each day I try to be less scared of where love will lead— what it will ask of me— fearing it will be misunderstood— fearing my tight hold onto love’s…