Caribbean poetry

Caribbean poetry is a vast and vibrant field of poetry.  It spans the poetry of many countries, including Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominica, Haiti, Trinidad, Jamaica, and Martinique. 

Caribbean poets often write poetry in English, French, or Spanish. However, Caribbean poetry is also written in Dutch, Hindustani, or any number of creole languages. Many poets in this region celebrate their hybrid culture writing in a hybrid or creole language.

Popular themes include: exile and return to the homeland, self-determination, migration, love, and liberty.

 Caribbean poets 
 Giannina Braschi
 Kamau Brathwaite
 Julia de Burgos

 Aimé Césaire
Victor Hernández Cruz
 Kwame Dawes
 David Dabydeen
 Edwidge Danticat
 Edouard Glissant
 Lorna Goodison
 José Martí
 Nancy Morejon
 Claudia Rankine
 Derek Walcott

 Related pages 
 Caribbean literature
 Latin American poetry
 Puerto Rican poetry
 Latina poetry

 Further reading 
The New Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse, edited by Stewart Brown and Mark McWatt.

They Came on Ships: an Anthology of Indo-Guyanese Writing by Ian McDonald, Joel Benjamin, and Lakshmi Kallicharan.

Coolie Odyssey by David Dabydeen.

 References 

Category:Caribbean
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