The Jamaican Government will be allocating additional funds to the Poet Laureate of Jamaica Programme according to an announcement by Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, and relayed to the public in a speech delivered by library chief Joy Douglas, at a recent launch of ‘Last Reel’, a new poetry collection by Poet Laureate (2014-2017), Professor Mervyn Morris.
There is plenty about modern life to cause celebration and aggravation in equal measure.but it is never safe to make an assumption about how the different generations feel about anything, from vegans to scented candles.
MY Christmas and New Year memories comprised many things. They include the Christmas carols already being played in the radio stations beginning September 1, the sight of Christmas trees of all sizes being sold in the malls and those giant, multicolored lanterns blinking by the roadside remind you of many Christmases past. Or, in my case, of the gifts I have received, the simplest being the most memorable.