The UWI poets
Eight poets appeared at the UWI – Wise Wurds, Antonia Valarie, Richie Innocent, Dr Susan Davis, Judith Falloon-Reid, Cherry Natural, Tomlin Ellis and Smith. Only some would perform at all the venues, but the plan was for the core group to be strengthened at each stop by poets from the area.
A major obstacle to travelling with everybody, he said, was a complete lack of sponsorship. “I have to be taking money from my pocket,”he told The Gleaner.
The first performer at UWI was Wise Wurds. Delivering his original poems with a passion and energy that was later evident in all the other poets, he started off with The Ailing Dollar, then moved into Are We Free Yet (about oppressive