TJENBWA: PROTEAN
Posted: August 24, 2015 Filed under: Art | Tags: bat, bocas lit fest, Caribbean, caribbean literature, cariblit, moth, Peepal Tree Press, Peter Doig, Saint Lucia, Sounding Ground, Vladimir Lucien 1 CommentBy Vladimir Lucien
The moth that enters
your house at night is a grudge
that someone is holding
against you. It half-sits, bothered
by your light and the roof
over your head. It spreads
its small evening wherever
it lands over the things
you love most. A dark tent
of dark intentions.
Vladimir Lucien is a poet, screenwriter and actor from Saint Lucia, his first poetry collection, Sounding Ground (Peepal Tree Press, 2014) won the 2015 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature.
Man Dressed as a Bat (Night), Peter Doig, 2007
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