Feature Article on Adult Literacy |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAge just a number when learning to readBy ERIC ROSEBahamas Information Services NASSAU, The Bahamas After leaving school in Cat Island in grade one, Mr. Jacob Strachan nev... Posted by mybahamas on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:21:00 PST |
Her Smile is Like Poetry (A Poem) |
Ever had that special one in mind ...
Her Smile is Like Poetry
By eric rose I
Her smile is like poetry
Simple and calming
Complex and knowing
Showing me the way
Of her heart.
Her smile is like poetry
... Posted by mybahamas on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:51:00 PST |
One Note Romance (Bossa Nova Parody) |
This is a parody I wrote a few years back and performed at the frist Bahamas Jazz Festival. It has the same melody as "One Note Samba" Hope you smile :)
One Note Romance
By eric ros... Posted by mybahamas on Wed, 23 May 2007 07:37:00 PST |
Reporting 101 (Humourous Short Short Story) |
Hiya :)
Here's a short short story I wrote a while back, when I was in the newspaper medium :)
Reporting 101
By
Eric Rose
"Who, what, when, where, how,... Posted by mybahamas on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:06:00 PST |
Spring Cleaning (Humourous Poem) |
Here's a humourous poem I wrote years ago and is a fave of mine for reciting :)
Spring Cleaning
I made a list the other day
Of what should go and what should stay
I'm afraid I might have ... Posted by mybahamas on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:52:00 PST |
Ms. Capron (Longform Poem) |
Here's a poem I wrote about an old lady I met in a broken-down shack on the beautiful Long Island, in The Bahamas. She was the inspiration; but you could see her smile in some of the words :)
&n... Posted by mybahamas on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:49:00 PST |
St. Lucia Poem :) |
Hiya :)
I'm on my way to another work assignment, this time on the island of Eleuthera; but I just wanted to share this poem I wrote on the porch of the government house in St. Lucia. I lat... Posted by mybahamas on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:06:00 PST |
Antonio Carlos Jobim and Paul Simon |
There are very few things that I can honestly say that I cannot live without, outside of my beliefs, family and whatnot. The unconditional love of my two-year-old son, my poetry and my photograp... Posted by mybahamas on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 05:05:00 PST |
For the Paul Simon fans :) |
Hiya :)
I wrote this poem on my first Greyhound bus ride more than a decade ago. It kind of shows the place that music has in my life, when I'm alone. Hope you feel it, too :)
Chris... Posted by mybahamas on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 04:37:00 PST |
Nightclub Poems |
When I was a teenager and in my 20s, I hung out with friends and saw things on the weekends that I had to capture on napkins or the back of business cards or tissue. Here are a few I wrote ... Posted by mybahamas on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 07:50:00 PST |