The first, ShuShu Moko Jumbi published by the department of African Kent State University, Ohio, 1974, the second, Palaver, published by Downtown Poets Coop, New York, 1978, the third published by Speed-O-Graphics, Liberia, 1984, the fourth, Beyond Dreams: The Ritual Dancer, Sobanoh Press, Liberia,1989, the fifth, If Only the Dust Would Settle, Author House, Uk, 2009 and the sixth, The Nakedness of New, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, South Carolina, USA, 2018.
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Other recent blogs and publications
February's blog: poems inspired by my Cape Town visit.
https://aromaproductions.blogspot.com/…/cape-town-inspirati…
https://writingforpeace.org/althea-romeo-mark-2/
Dancing in Head and Heart
For Rosita, names and
places
seldom come to the fore.
Memory is a groundswell
no longer coming to
shore.
She lives in a body of
bones,
once a tower that did not
lean.
In the garden of the old
people’s home
I skip slow samba on my iphone
pass on sad-voiced Fado*,
seek out rhythmic salsa
for Rosita—
Cecelia Cruz, La Lupe,
Eliades Ochoa*,
watch how they light a
fire
in her often, vacant
eyes,
spark a change in her
mood.
In this ballroom of mind
and heart,
she tugs at my blouse,
wants to move to the
beat,
wants to rise to her
feet,
but they have absconded,
have confined her to a
wheelchair.
I hold her hands
get into a salsa trance
for her
and dance for Rosita.
I hear a whispered “Muy
bien.”
The fading voice uttering
“mucho gusto,” “bueno,
bueno”
will become part of my
memory of her.
© Althea Romeo-Mark, 08.2019
* Cecelia Cruz, La Lupe,
Eliades Ochoa, famous salsa singers.
*Fado-melancholic
Portuguese music
I am delighted to be a part of this online journal in Spanish, whose editor, Beatriz del Carmen Ruiz, comes from Argentina. My poem can be found on pages 33-35.
https://issuu.com/beatrizdelcarmenruiz/docs/rev_30…
https://issuu.com/beatrizdelcarmenruiz/docs/rev_30…
The Special Edition of the digital magazine of pure poetry bcr n° 30. has arrived.
Congratulations to all the published and many thanks to all who share the magazine helping in this free dissemination initiative!
Beatriz Del Carmen Ruiz First of all, many thanks to those who allow us to share their work and at the same time help us spread it by sharing the magazine from this page. Here some of the writers published: Beatriz Teresa Bustos, Aquiles Ríos Parra (Aripa), Anto Gatti happy birthday!,
Mary B de B, Angela Ledesma, Anahi Duzevich Bezoz, Matar, N Ana Bazán, Amanda Morel, Althea Romeo-Mark, Althea Romeo-Mark, Alicia Loza, Alicia Corominas , Alfa Golf, Alejandro Cesario, Alejandra Diaz, Alejandra Burzac Sáenz, Aldo German laurencigh,
Alberto Marcelo Pereyra (Alicia), Aida Redero, Adriana Lamela.
Congratulations to all the published and many thanks to all who share the magazine helping in this free dissemination initiative!
Beatriz Del Carmen Ruiz First of all, many thanks to those who allow us to share their work and at the same time help us spread it by sharing the magazine from this page. Here some of the writers published: Beatriz Teresa Bustos, Aquiles Ríos Parra (Aripa), Anto Gatti happy birthday!,
Mary B de B, Angela Ledesma, Anahi Duzevich Bezoz, Matar, N Ana Bazán, Amanda Morel, Althea Romeo-Mark, Althea Romeo-Mark, Alicia Loza, Alicia Corominas , Alfa Golf, Alejandro Cesario, Alejandra Diaz, Alejandra Burzac Sáenz, Aldo German laurencigh,
Alberto Marcelo Pereyra (Alicia), Aida Redero, Adriana Lamela.
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