Ritual

Queer in NatureBlack in Environment
Written By Linzey Corridon

Photo by Annetta Jackson, Intersect Antigua

And I am here

in commune with the seas

my curios stem from cashee,

breadfruit and jackfish, a feast

sugar and salt and pepper, this heart

a cacophony of soca and calypso

spawning from La Soufrière

I am a vessel bleeding fire

raging and treacherous and alive

I will not apologize

a library of visages precedes me

a universe of calloused hands awaits me

tread lightly, I a prism of trap doors,

a haven rife with inexplicable opportunities

home is where the journey ends

I am ready.

Linzey Corridon

Born and raised on the Caribbean island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Linzey Corridon (he/they) currently resides in Ontario, Canada. He is a Vanier Canada Scholar, an educator, and a PhD researcher in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University. An emerging queer Caribbean theorist and literary critic, his research centers queer Caribbean and diaspora quotidian experiences. Linzey’s poetry and criticisms can be found in The Puritan, Kola Magazine, SX Salon, House Anthology and more.

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