Afrobeat Journal Issue 2 : Spring 2011
by Opal Palmer Adisa
Nothing New
it’s not just about making do
but rather making something
happen we women have always
understood this so are not thrown
by natural disasters or being born
behind a toxic dump we are our
own way and while others might
judge us as accepting our lot each
day that we go out to face existence we
dream a way to remove the litter
from our door-step to create a path cleaner
for our children to be more forgiven of
the men we love who often stumble and
in their fright abuse us and neglect their
offsprings we know more than we can articulate
clean water is a divine right but when
others pollute and make it a commodity
we must go within then surge and feed
this nation
The Renderings:
The Voices of Haiti: A Photo-Poetic Rendering
Who is Opal Palmer Adisa?
Opal Palmer Adisa, Ph. D, diverse and multi-genre, is an exceptional talent, nurtured on cane-sap and the oceanic breeze of the Caribbean. Writer of both poetry and prose, playwright/director, professor, gender specialist and cultural activist, Adisa has lectured and read her work throughout the United States, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Germany, Spain, France, England and Prague, and has performed in Italy and Bosnia. An award-winning poet and prose writer, Adisa has twenty-two titles to her credit, including the novel, It Begins With Tears (1997), that Rick Ayers proclaimed as one of the most motivational works for young adults.
