Still Working On It…
A Howler monkey leaps from branch to branch. Geckos chase one another in colorful quickness. An enchanting coastline adds another layer of beauty. Palm trees bend toward the warm Caribbean waters, and dense jungle statues grow right up to the shores. Salty ocean air, the sound of waves rolling onto black sand, a gift from the volcano. I've been here before...
Mention my name at Sister’s Bookstore and Café, and you’ll hear stories of me and other local griots harmonizing through word. You can also find me in the very first issue of J Journal – New Writing on Justice of John Jay College (CUNY); Durham Center for Documentary Studies; and Chicken Bones, the coolest on-line pan-African think tank. Whether it takes three pages to say it or one word says it all, the human expression on paper and in art form allows us to continue the tradition of interpreting the complexities and contradictions of life, and of the self.