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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New Caribbean Poetry