The Sea Needs No Ornament Ruby Cowling epic poet and Abbot of

epic poet and Abbot of Jamaica 1562-1627)

He has co-edited several Macmillan anthologies

Mohja Kahf – A Poem for Hamsa Newmark’s Sixieth Birthday

In a heartfelt rejection of 'stiff upper lip' culture

re-inventing themselves with echoes of chants and prayers and charms

The Sea Needs No Ornament Ruby Cowling epic poet and Abbot ofThe Sea Needs No Ornament El mar no necesita ornamento is the first bilingual anthology of contemporary poetry by women writers of the English and Spanish speaking Caribbean and its diasporas to be curated in more than two decades. The anthology presents a selection of work by poets from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and from various Anglophone Caribbean islands and the Diaspora. Each poem is presented first in the original, followed by