Robertha Rochelle

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Hi! I’m Robertha Rochelle a poet with a passion for the written and spoken word. Do you love words? Do you appreciate a beautiful turn of phrase? Embrace your inner word nerd and let’s live life in words, together!

Feasting on Life

March 19, 2017

On March 17th my world was rocked by the death of one of my literary heroes, Sir Derek Walcott. Sir Derek was born in Castries St Lucia in January 1930. St Lucia is one of the Windward Islands in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean. His father, a Bohemian water colourist, died when Derek and … More Feasting on Life

Weight

March 3, 2017

There’s a heaviness in my spirit that I cannot shift a slow, malignant malaise, seeping treacle-paced through vein and limb and bone I am a stone sinking, titanic, into deep morass There’s a heaviness in my spirit viscous, like long held grief formed from nights of silent mourning and fitful sleep massive, ungainly, glacial … More Weight

Jim

February 26, 2017

Jim that sweat soaked rat, drives me hard every day each time I swear in my heart never to return, the next day I’m back again to ‘feel the burn’ I’m a glutton for punishment keen to win the ultimate six pack of glory in a silent hell of achy muscles protein shakes and … More Jim