Salt-Free Diet
Me in the Caribbean, he in a US state,
my son calls home and tries hard to make light
of disturbing current affairs—
tells me things ain’t as bad as they seem.
Celia A. Sorhaindo was born in The Commonwealth of Dominica. She migrated with her family to England when she was 8 years old, returning home in 2005. Her poems have been published in The Caribbean Writer, Moko Magazine, Susumba Book Bag, Interviewing The Caribbean journal, Anomaly journal, New Daughters of Africa Anthology, and longlisted for the UK National Poetry Competition 2017/18. She is co-compiler of Home Again: Stories of Migration and Return, published by Papillote Press and her first poetry pamphlet collection, Guabancex, was published in February 2020, also by Papillote Press. Celia is a Cropper Foundation Creative Writers Workshop fellow and a Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop fellow.