By Marc Algernon. Summertime. I remember summertime. July and August were all mine. Two entire months of no school. No more teachers, no more rules. No more pre-dawn showers. Now I can stay in bed extra hours. My days were spent with marble pitch. Catching fish in a dirty ditch. Fence jumping, …
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Lynch changes world helping African youth
Retiree George Lynch has dedicated the rest of his life to educating African (Afruikan) people about their glory that holds special emphasis for the African youth. In his poem “My Pledge” he promises to change the world and this promise he intends to keep through his dedicated work. In 2016, …
Read More »Trinbago language for beginners
By Kielon Hilaire. For times of infinity, numerous languages have been spoken by various ethnicities with the primary aspiration of communicating effectively whenever human heads collide with each other – language of French, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese – you get the point. Without the utilisation of these twisted tongues, chaos might have …
Read More »Parents, let your children read to you!
By Stacey Alfonso-Mills, Children’s Author. Reading is such a great way to entertain, explore and learn something new all at once. I have always loved to read, even as a child. I am certain that my love for reading fuelled my love for writing. As a primary school student, at St Theresa’s …
Read More »NGC Sanfest 2016 – Maya wins poetry trophy
Maya Thomas, 11 years old and a talented student of St Xavier’s Private School, won the NGC Sanfest 2016 – Creative Writing – Poetry competition. Her proud father Randy Thomas shares two of her poems with readers of Sweet TnT Magazine. The Quarry The trees have grown for years and …
Read More »Rats are a lot like men
By Marc Algernon. “We can’t fix crime till we clean up our acts. Without honesty, loyalty, we are nothing but rats.” Rats snatch and steal and fight I started thinking of something, rats are a lot like men, and the games they play, are a lot similar then. I had a …
Read More »What really happened, what went wrong?
By Chantelle Wilson. “Plastered on the screen was my very best friend. He really said he down with me to the end. What really happened, what went wrong? What went wrong with this place? Sitting in my gallery talking to my friends Thinking of ways we think our lives may …
Read More »Writing books a sweet challenge
I’m Donna Mae, Deemay to friends. I’m a spoken word artist, singer, writer, cookie mistress… all-round artistic busy body, or so I’ve been told. I’ve been writing for a few years – blogging mostly, but published with Amorous Ink, At Last, The Man in the Shadows, and a poetic anthology …
Read More »Trini Woman – hypnotised by her love
By Marc Algernon. “Trapped by sweet soca music, best dance of my life. Maybe I got carried away, just for that one day but now that Trini woman is my wife.” Made the Trini woman my wife Where can I go, do you know, for sapodilla brown skin? Majestic eyes, …
Read More »The Dream – ‘God, please save this country’
By Omilla Mungroo. I can’t recall where I was going, but the driver of the taxi was light brown in complexion, slim build, had a cool air about him, but I had never seen him before, which was strange because I never travel in a car where I don’t know or …
Read More »The Coconut Counting Man
By Marc Algernon. “Sure as the air is hot and the water sweet, he cuts coconut and sells it cheap, he taps his feet to the coconut beat, he is the coconut counting man…” He’s the coconut counting man… If you ever go to Mayaro in the dawn of morn …
Read More »Allure of a Trini Woman
By Marissa Armoogam. She’s beautiful, she’s exotic, and she’s everything. She is a woman; this is the allure of the Trini woman. An island so rich, she exudes a confidence unmatched Her earth is rich and nourished; she brings forth abundant fruit The ample mountains of its framework beckon to …
Read More »Support for authors of Caribbean books
Caribbean Books Foundation is an organisation dedicated to offering support for authors after they have published their books. The website is fast becoming an inventory for the Caribbean community and its diaspora to find Caribbean books. It is an international platform that connects authors and readers. Founder of Caribbean Books …
Read More »First book ‘Tuning with God’ begins Tricia’s mission
Tricia S David, singer, songwriter/poet, published her first book “Tuning with God” in January 2013. The book is a compilation of 50 poems and can be purchased online. She received a First Time Author award from the National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS) the same year. Read Tricia’s first …
Read More »The Stolen Cascadura a unique story in Trinidad
My name is Beverley Ann Scott, I am a medical doctor by profession and author of The Stolen Cascadura. I have always enjoyed writing. When I was in school I enjoyed reading West Indian literature. However most of the readings were very dated and far removed from the reality of …
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