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Hauntings
Trini Wisdom
Dey Is Kiats an Kiats (excerpt)
Madbull Kite

List of Publications
List of Publications:


Full poetry collections:

Lure of the Cascadura
Bogle L’Ouverture Publications Ltd. 1989
ISBN 0 904 521 48 6

Behind the carnival
Smith/Doorstop Books 1994
ISBN 1 869961 54 4

Voices From A Silk-Cotton Tree
Smith/Doorstop Books 2002
ISBN 1-902382-41-2

The Sun Rises In the North
Smith/Doorstop Books 1991
ISBN 1 869961 32 3



Children’s anthologies

A Caribbean Dozen
Edited by John Agard & Grace Nichols
Walker Books Ltd 1994
ISBN 0-7445-2172-6

Hello New
Edited by John Agard & Grace Nichols
Orchard Books 2000
ISBN 1 84121 621 6

Under The Moon and Over the Sea
Edited by John Agard & Grace Nichols
Walker Books Ltd 2002
ISBN 0-7445-3736-3

Rainbow World (Poems from many Cultures)
Edited by Bashabi Fraser and Debjani Chatterjee
Hodder Children’s Books 2003
ISBN 0 7502 4280 9

On A Camel to the Moon
Compiled by Valerie Bloom
Belitha Press Ltd 2001
ISBN 1 84138 247 7

One River Many Creeks
Chosen by Valerie Bloom
Macmillan Children’s Books 2003
ISBN 0 333 96114 5

101 Favourite Poems
Compiled by John Foster
Collins 2002
ISBN 0 00 713975 6

Can You Hear (Poems for Oxfam)
Edited by John Foster
Pan Macmillan Children’s Books 1992
ISBN 0 330 32503 5

Then and Now
Compiled by Fiona Waters
Evans Brothers Ltd 2001
ISBN 023752127 X



Adult anthologies

Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse
Stewart Brown & Mark McWatt
Oxford University Press 2005
ISBN 0-19-280332-8

Dance the Guns to Silence
Edited by Nii Ayikwei Parkes & Kadija Sesay
Flipped Eye Publishing 2005
ISBN 1-905233-01-9

Peace Poems
Crocus Books, Commonword Ltd 2003
ISBN 0-946745-43-9

Moving Voices (Black Performance Poetry)
Asher & Martin Hoyles
Hansib Publications Ltd 2002
ISBN 1 870518 64 0

IC3 The Penguin Of New Black Writing in Britain
Edited by Courttia Newland and Kadija Sesay
Hamish Hamilton 2000
ISBN 0-241-14047-1

Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Anthology 1989 – 1998
Aldeburgh Poetry Trust 1999
ISBN 0 953 5422 1 1

Nailing Colours (Poems of Rebellion)
Crocus Books, Commonword Ltd 1997
ISBN 0-946745-61-7

Overdraft
Albert Poets 1997
ISBN 0 9523966 37

Making Connections
Edited by Angela Topping
Stride Publications 1996
ISBN 1 900 152 06 1

Poems From The Readaround
Manchester Poets 1995
Tarantula Publications 1995
ISBN 0 9514481 7 X

Draft No.2
Albert Poets 1995
ISBN 09523966 10

Kiss (Asian, African, Caribbean, Chinese Love Poems)
Crocus Books, Commonword Ltd. 1994
ISBN 0-946745-21-8

Excite The Mind
(Manchester Poetry Festival 1994 Official Anthology)
A K Press 1994
ISBN 1873 176 538

First Draft
Albert Poets 1994
ISBN 0 9523966 0 2

Chapman No. 61-2 Autumn 1990
International Festival of Writing
ISBN 0-906772-25-7

Black and Priceless
Crocus Books, Commonword Ltd 1988
ISBN 0 946745 45 5

The New British Poetry 1968 – 88
Paladin Grafton Books
ISBN 0-586-08765-6



Mentioned in the following publications:

Contemporary British Poetry
(Essays In Theory and Criticism)
James Acheson and Romana Huk
University of New York Press 1996
ISBN 0-7914-2767-6 (pbk) 0-7914-2768-4

Dictionary of Artists in Britain Since 1945
David Buckman
Art Dictionaries Ltd. 1998
ISBN 0 953 2609 09

Who is Who in Art & Antiques
Who Is Who Publications Ltd 2002
ISBN 1-84378-001-3

Hayward Annual 1982 British Drawing
Arts Council Publication 1982
ISBN 0 7287 0324 6

Arts Council Collection
Acquisitions 1989 – 2002
Published by Hayward Gallery Publishing 2003
ISBN 1 85332 230 X

Moving Worlds
Masquerade Caribbean Issue Vol.3 No.2 2003

School of English University of Leeds
ISBN 0 9540751 4 5

Responses: Intercultural Drawing Practice
Liverpool School of Art and Design (CAIR 2001)
ISBN 0952316137

Unterrichts - Materialien English
Stark Veriagesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
D-85318 Freising. Postfach 1852, Nachdruck verborten

Intermediate GNVQ Art & Design
Alan Smith
Macmillan Press Ltd. 1997
ISBN 0-333-66090-0

The Magic Exercise (Twelve Arts Education Projects)
Victoria Neumark
National Association of Art centres 1998
ISBN 0-948861-03-7

Northern Poetry Vol.1
Edited by Catherine Byron and John Lyons
Littlewood Press 1989
ISBN 0 946407 50 9

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