I recently sat down with Guyanese writer and artist, Cosmata Lindie, to discuss her journey from home-schooled Berbice River Girl to emerging dynamic Creative in New Amsterdam, Guyana; a Creative  with captivating art exhibits in neighboring Suriname and  riveting short stories  on reputable digital magazines in the diaspora.

Here is part one of our conversation.

Hello world, 

Welcome to another episode of Pablo Speaks the podcast where words influence thoughts influence actions.

I'm your host James Paul Sr aka Pablo. 

And today, I will perform a narrative poem titled A Dark Street in Newark....it's essentially a eulogy for all lives lost prematurely and tragically in the Drug Game... the cold hard lesson of this piece is - it's much better to be poor and alive than rich and dead. 

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Have a safe, productive and peaceful week.

AYO

Hello World.

In this episode, I will narrate the prologue and first Creolese poem from the manuscript of "I BIN DEH" which will be published by July 2024.

Language is an integral part of every culture and words are integral parts of language. In this book I harness and unleash the power of Guyanese Creole (basilect, mesolect and acrolect Creolese) to create narrative poems that inspire, educate, entertain and provoke conversations related to unity, change and progress for ALL Guyanese at home and in the Guyaspora.

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Today, I switch into storyteller mode and share a terrifying borderline transphobic but mind-opening experience from my UBER DRIVER diary.

Enjoy!

Hello world.

Welcome to another provocative episode of Pablo Speaks, the podcast where words influence thoughts influence actions.

I am your host, James Paul Sr aka Pablo

And in today’s episode I narrate my futuristic essay that explores plausible implications of Populism, Global Warming & Super-intelligent AI.

Is another global cataclysm imminent?

And what about technological singularity and autonomous AI?

Will homosapiens be replace by AI robosapiens?

Are you ready to experience virtual eternity?

Say what?

I’m so glad you asked.

Here is the breakdown…

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Welcome to another Bonus episode of Pablo Speaks, the podcast where words influence thoughts influence actions. 

I'm your host, James Paul Sr aka Pablo..

And today I will present the third and final part of my urban essay - New Lots to White Plains.

Part Three  takes you on a compelling visual journey through Harlem, Da Bronx and lower Westchester County to White Plains, NY, with flashbacks to related historical events of note like the Great Migration, the Flour Riots and the Harlem Renaissance.

Buckle-up...kick-back and ride with me on the Metro North to White Plains.

Let's Go...

Welcome to the final episode of Pablo Speaks in 2023 - the podcast where words influence thoughts influence actions.

 I had originally planned to dedicate this final episode to "New Year Resolutions"...but the ancestors intervened and I was compelled to channel the atrocities of WAR into writing and sharing a protest chant. 

How ironic is it that in this festive season of  Christmas when  Christians around the world celebrate the birth of The Prince of Peace, that the world's most powerful nation, founded upon Judeo Christian principles ...where each President rests a hand on the Holy Bible while taking the oath of office....yes that very nation...is supplying bombs to Israel....bombs used by the IDF ...Israeli Defense Force to destroy Hamas -  even if thousands of innocent Palestinian men, women and children are slaughtered, dismembered and blasted into eternity by American-made bombs?

Collateral Damage is the military term used to describe this crime against Palestinian humanity committed by Israel using American bombs.

How judeo-christian of us America!

... and on that dissonant note, I present today's featured anti war poem:

Made In The USA.

Have a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year.

AYO

Welcome to another bonus episode of Pablo Speaks - the podcast where words influence thoughts influence actions.

I am your host James Paul Sr aka Pablo and in today's podcast, I will narrate/share part-two of my three-part essay, "New Lots to White Plains - Urban Tales of NY City from the diary of James Paul Sr"

I wrote this piece back in 2014, during my return to the New York City , the Big Apple, the city that never sleeps, the city so nice they named it twice. The city where my Guyanese immigrant's dream began back in 1985.

My initial move from New York to Georgia back in 2003, was motivated by a desire to be closer to my wife's family who lived there, to get away from the cold up north, and to get more bang for my hard-earned buck, thanks to the significantly lower cost of living in GA and the South in general.

That was My Plan...

But God, Yahweh, Jehovah, or Fate...had other plans.

A number of hostile events - illness, real estate market crash, high unemployment - being the primary ones, converged to derail my upward-mobility plans, and left me upside-down, underwater, struggling to stay afloat. 

It's difficult to find high-paying jobs in GA, during good times....impossible, during a recession....BUT New York is a different animal altogether...if you are a skilled, hard worker with drive and grit willing to hustle and grind...you can rebound in New York City ...and get back on track income-wise.

That's the backstory...

Now you're ready for  part two of New Lots to White Plains.

Grab your popcorn and your favorite beverage....

We're taking the number 4 Express through lower Manhattan  to Grand Central Station, in the heart of New York City.

Let's Go.

AYO