Omi Blue is a Jamaican writer weaving stories from the margins on stolen land.
Her focus lies in documenting the Caribbean. She surrenders to history as her ancestors tell it.
Recent Works
Silver In Her Splendor
When the light from the sun is at its most undisturbed,
perturbed by neither rain cloud nor wayward airplane,
Water is free at last to capture the light of the sun.
It reflects it back to me,
silent observer of the river bank,
a diamond perfectly placed
on the wave’s gentle crescendos,
glinting, sparkling in the distance,
flirtatiously going in and out of view.
I recognize that light, on the home of my body,
in the shine of silver.
...Read more