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Juleus Ghunta

 

after Janneth Mornan-Green

 

what school was selling

she refused to learn

by rote

 

during history classes

she sailed the Atlantic Ocean

with Europeans

captive

in her boat

Juleus Ghunta is a Jamaican motivational speaker and creator of the Dreamright concept. He has a BA in Media from the University of the West Indies, Mona. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Bim: Arts for the 21st Century, Bookends (Jamaica Observer), Poetry Pacific, Susumba’s Book Bag, and Poui: Cave Hill Journal of Creative Writing.  Ghunta is indebted to his friend and mentor, the poet Janneth Mornan-Green.