“Work” – Poem by Jamaican Poet Laureate Kwame Dawes

My Poetry Corner August 2024 features the poem “Work” from the poetry collection Sturge Town by Jamaica’s Poet Laureate Kwame Dawes, published by Peepal Tree Press (UK, 2023). A writer of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and plays, Dawes was born in Ghana in 1962. When he was nine years old, he moved with his family to […]

“Work” – Poem by Jamaican Poet Laureate Kwame Dawes