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 …

By Nadia Ali. In my opinion, they are the prettiest simple flower. In the flower shops, you can see them great, big bursts of bright yellow petals encircling a head of brown seeds, namely sunflowers. “How much!” I responded, thinking they were overpriced. If she can grow them, I can grow …

By Omilla Mungroo. “I sit and wait, deserted with all my jewels. I lie alone at nights like one drifted apart from incongruous main lands, not sure to which I really belong, but claimed by one; the smaller yet more precious in my sight, from my jetty, where I see lights …

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 …

By Nerissa Hosein. So ladies, wives and mothers, we sit and watch the soaps and the award shows and laugh at how housewives prance around on heels and fully made-up faces while making the five-star meal all while not chipping their perfect nails. Unrealistic but that’s television for you! Wives and …

By Omilla Mungroo. This is in tribute to the retired teachers of the St Joseph Government Primary School who taught between 1972 and 1978: Mrs P Belmar, Ms Martin, Ms D Punch, Ms M Grenaway, Ms Chase, Ms Peters, Mr Gill, and then principal Mr Martin (deceased). A tribute to all …

“I love Trinidad and I love cooking, love is my secret ingredient!” says Wendy-ann Alexander, a member of the Church of the Anointed One at Old Road Junction, Saddle Road, San Juan. Chow chow for Christmas Wendy-ann cooks for members of her family, community, church, and anyone who asks her …

By Nadia Ali. They say dreams come true if you only try. This is true for Katrina Khan whose three environmental essays qualified her to represent Trinidad and Tobago at an international symposium in Punta Cana. Katrina is a HSE professional and UWI student As a guest of Jetblue Airlines, she …

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, …

By Kielon Hilaire. Ask UWI degree holder and principal Kezia Reece, “So what do you do for a living?“ and she’ll simply tell you, “I own my own school.” Kezia graduated from the University of the West Indies with a BA degree in English Language and Literature with Education. Principal Reece followed …