With Wings
Her hands in the suds,
washing dirty dishes,
as his tiny fingers tug
at the dressed-up frame—
Jamal G. La Rose (LLB) is a storyteller, singer/songwriter, actor, visual artist, short fiction writer, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, and poet. He has been shortlisted and longlisted for the Guyana Prize for Literature (Poetry, 2022) and the BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Award for Writers in the Caribbean (2023). He was awarded third place in the Guyana Prize for Literature (Drama, 2023).