Introduction Making Wor(l)ds Anew: Lillian Allen’s Poetics

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Biographical Note ix
5. Making Wor(l)ds Anew: Lillian Allen’s Poetics xiii
6. Queenie Queenie and the Fall of Colonial Empire 1
7. Trust 8
8. JAMAICA – I Remember 10
9. Nellie Belly Swelly 12
10. My Momma 14
11. Marriage 16
12. Birth 18
13. To the Child 20
14. Broken 21
15. Conditions Critical 22
16. Nicaragua 24
17. Dictator 25
18. Could It Happen in America 26
19. The Wait of History 27
20. Song for Newfoundland 28
21. Rasta in Court 29
22. With Criminal Intent 32
23. Unnatural Causes 34
24. In These Canadian Bones 37
25. Revolution from de Beat 38
26. Rub A Dub Style Inna Regent Park 40
27. Dark Winds 43
28. I Fight Back 45
29. Feminism 101 47
30. Good Womanhood (Censorship) 48
31. Billie Holiday 50
32. To a Jazz Musician (Contemplating Suicide) 51
33. The Poetry of Things 52
34. PO E 3 54
35. One Poem Town 55
36. Riddim An’ Hardtimes 56
37. Liberation Comes 58
38. I Dream a Redwood 59
39. Liberation 60
40. A Poem Against Things 61
41. Pandemic 62
42. Revolutionary Tea Party 65
43. Dis Word 67
44. Tuning the Heart with Poetry 69
45. Acknowledgements 77
46. Books in the Laurier Poetry Series 79