Obeah Poems

Oh To Be In Trinidad

...
  Oh, to be in Trinidad
when the hot scented currents flow,
  from East Dry River to Nariva 
samaan and silk cotton tree grow.
  Where whisperin’ palms reach
across island reef and coconut...

Categories: obeah, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme

A Novel Bus Ride

...A Novel Bus Ride

First week of schools' lockdown
Got to the terminal in town
Surveying the scene around me
Detecting a sense of solemnity
Got unto the bus quietly
The lady in the seat glanced...

Categories: obeah, change, confusion, feelings, perspective,
Form: Rhyme

Crazy On a Thursday

...Everyday is a new day
Except Thursday the symptom always replay
Madness, mental instability, psychological disorder.
Call it what you may
It’s the same thing every Thursday

Her frienenemies ta...

Categories: obeah, adventure, bullying, crazy, discrimination,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

To Sin No More

...(Out of Eden IV)

I’m cross as I cross The Cross
And wonder as I wander
My Spirit has rejected the spirit in me
For fear that it’s fare is fair.

The cause of my ‘coarse’, of course
Is...

Categories: obeah, conflict, deep, peace, spiritual,
Form: Alliteration

The Obeah Woman

...The Obeah Woman

Heavy musty air reeks with the Obeah Woman’s pungent perfume, 
sweat, burnt incense, bitter roots, and swirling black smoke,
dim light from a wani...

Categories: obeah, magic, mystery,
Form: Rhyme

The Almighty Now

...Be a frontrunner,1 to 5 theses numbers are fine,
666 sounds like the back of the line,
Reach for everlasting life,God on your mind,
Push away evil and envy,don't let them hold you behind,
Pray,no nee...

Categories: obeah, inspirational, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme

In Thanksgiving - For Ethno Workers

...Thank you, for excavating from dead tongue
Under midden of lies
The archive of our own history
The outlines of identity
So we under obscurity white sheet
Could find resurrection of self
In another vo...

Categories: obeah, history, visionary, old, me,
Form: Free verse