My last message, June 1957
— Read on credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b160-i466

you need a crew with you 
to do 
what you gotta do, 
so tru 
i rely on who do 
for do or
don’t be scared 
of you

or me or who or what or
she was what you were 
to me, see? 

would you wed the sea

you need a crew
this is undisputed 

would you wed the sea instead? 

The Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA-CERAO) urges African governments “to show restraint, discernment and responsibility” in …
— Read on www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2023-08/bishops-of-west-africa-against-military-intervention-in-niger.html

i’m kissing you 
from across this country 
i’m kissing you
from across this land 

nothing could stop 
me from kissing you
not even a continent would do
i’ll only stop kissing u
if u want me to 
only 
if u want me to 

Anthony ‘Mighty Gabby’ Carter, the award winning Barbados musician and a Cultural Ambassador for the island has penned in poetic form a scathing critique of the clamour for military intervention in Haiti and Niger.
— Read on caribbeanempowerment.wordpress.com/2023/08/12/gabby-says-send-no-troops-to-niger-nor-haiti/