An Abridged History of Beaten Odds by Momtaza Mehri
Momtaza Mehri, former Young People’s Laureate for London, reads the poem we commissioned to mark the 30th anniversary of London Writers Centre.
Disrespect
Written by: Jacqueline Codrington
Rockstone. You thought you could give
me this to eat — fresh chicken, salty pigtail
and tough rice. I could tell from the colour
of the rice, the tin poured the peas. Not a trace
of coconut milk. Imagine, I wasn’t even worthy
of your time to cook a proper meal.
‘Disrespect’ was published in the Mouth Mek Fi Nyam Anthology, featuring original poems and short stories from Caribbean elders.
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