Nneka Edwards

Canada

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Nneka Edwards Biography

Nneka Edwards was born in Canada but grew up in Trinidad and Tobago in the southern Caribbean. She spent many years studying and working in the Far East (Taiwan, South Korea and Japan) so her work is a hybrid combination of Caribbean colour and Oriental minimalism. Nneka Edwards wears many hats - poet, artist, photographer, foreign-language trainer and philosopher. You can find out more about her on her website - www.nnekaedwards.com

Nneka Edwards Popular Poems

Curried Crab

Hello Mr. Crab!
It's nice to meet you
Curried sweet
I'm going to eat you
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Island Flower Power

I'm sporting a huge ball afro
With a hibiscus crowning my hair
I'm strutting my stuff in bell-bottom pants
With hipster pink-floral flair
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The Glass-Bottom Boat

Island melody sings on sea-breeze
We're cruise-cruising out to the reef
Through crystal blues as clear as glass
We're jig-jigging through a watery path
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Be A Brother, Brother!

Racism is a pandemic disease of the soul
When, O man, will we be whole?
When we love to love and hate to hate
When we walk with God to a better state
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Nneka Edwards

Canada

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Canada

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