I have crossed an ocean

I have lost my tongue

From the root of the old one

A new one has sprung

Grace Nichols

Gla’s Archive: Comprised of inherited books from my granny.

Click on a family photo to read something from the archive.

Triptych, Frank Collymore. p152
Salmon Courage, Marlene Philip. p. 334
Letter From Mama Dot, Frederick D'Auguiar. p. 367
At Home The Green Remains, John Figueroa. p.184
Reggae Sounds, Linton Kwesi Johnson
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Family Pictures, Mervyn Morris
Epitaph, Olive Senior
Residue, Anthony McNeill
Missing The Sea
The Sea at Evening, Christopher Laird. p. 66
Fireflies, Faustin Charles. p. 327
Ancestral Poem, Olive Senior
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London Is the Place For Me. (wait till Kitch sings
Tell Me Again, Paul Keens-Douglas. p. 56
Mouth, Dennis Scott. p. 303
Coming Back, Shake Keane
Kinky Hair Blues & Baby Blues, Una Morrison. p. 158.
Tell Me, Pamela Mordecai. p. 314
We Are the Cenotaphs, Daniel Williams. p. 232
Grampa, Dennis Scott.
Working Late, Louis Simpson. p. 204
Shooting the Horses, Pamela Mordecai. p. 315
The Spoiler's Return, Derek Walcott. p. 249
From Lucy: Holiday Reflections, James Berry. p. 207
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Arawak Prologue, Basil McFarlane, p. 193
Pans At Carnival, Henry Beissel
My Father, James Berry. p. 205
A Fine Day For Straw Hats, Louis Simpson. p. 202
Uncle Time, Dennis Scott
Edna Haines in Room 18
Oliver Twist, Marlene Philip
Fruit, of the Earth, Cyril Dabydeen
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London Women's Handbook, 1986
Ancestors, Edward Braithwaite
The Almond Trees, Derek Walcott
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