Talks about growing up in a place frequented by tourists.

Talks about comodification of his pain.

This poem paints a picture of an island paradise.

This poem evokes images of still water, fishermen, and love lost.

This poem likens Africa to a dying animal and talks about the violence of colonization. He also talks about his own internal struggle between his heritage and English language and culture.

This poem uses a lot of imagery having to do with death and talks about a house slowly going to ruin and the symbolism there.

This poem uses code-switching to comment on nostalgia and lost love.

The first poem talks about the fall of Rome through natural imagery and the second poem talks about colonialism through the eyes of a veteran.

This poem paints a picture of the Caribbean islands and uses bible imagery

This poem chronicles Shabine’s journey as he talks about life, love, seafaring, and poetry

This book goes through sections of the Bible and discusses what gets counted as history and what doesn’t.

This poem talks about a part of the revolutionary war that many Americans like to forget – the exploitation and violence towards slaves in the name of liberty.