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    In The Morning Yah
    In The Morning Yah
    In The Morning Yah
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    In The Morning Yah

    By Sheldon Shepherd

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    Riding on the popularity of his uber-talented singing group, Nomaddz – Sheldon Shepherd proves that he has talents that lay beyond just his musical gifts. This publication highlights the effervescence of a great dub poet who eloquently and cleverly captures his life stories in a gritty, funny and sometimes raunchy portrayal.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPelican Publishers
    Release dateApr 25, 2017
    ISBN9781370180325
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      In The Morning Yah - Sheldon Shepherd

      In the Morning Yah

      Sheldon Shepherd

      First Published in Jamaica 2015 by Pelican Publishers Limited

      Tel: (876) 978-8377

      Email: pelicanpublishers@gmail.com

      Website: www.pelicanpublishers.com

      © Sheldon Shepherd 2015

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise or stored in any retrieval system of any nature without the written permission of the copyright holder or publisher.

      Book design and layout by Pelican Graphics

      Cover Illustration by Georgiann Cowan

      Contents

      Foreword

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      Dub Poetry One Two

      Chapter 1

      In The Morning Yah

      Bamboo Pipe

      Gilbert Wuz Ere

      Blockage Connection

      Daniel

      Corporate Jamaica

      Babylon Paper

      Justified

      Nursery Rhyme

      Dummy

      None of Yours All of Mine

      Returning Resident

      Returning Resident Part2

      Get Back Your Black

      Just For Little Herb

      Big Guy

      One A Them Youth Deh

      Heart Songs

      House Fi Live Inna

      Better Attack

      Chapter 2

      Beautiful Day

      A Woman’s Dance

      And She Dance

      Still At Life

      Getting To Zero

      Irie

      Wayfaring

      Hall Of Fame

      Jamaica Nice

      What Makes You Smile

      Breadfruit Is The New Bread... Baby!

      Heaven on Earth

      Sort Out Your Life Jamaica

      The Trod

      Sons of Abel and Sons of Cain

      Chapter 3

      Fantastic Moon Light

      Skype

      Treasure

      Ginger

      Lions Playing In the Prairie

      Face My Fear

      Tell No One You Have Seen Me

      Walk Away

      Read

      Glossary

      Foreword

      When other children were falling asleep to familiar tunes such as Rock-a-By Baby and other bedtime lullabies, the sounds of daddy’s original dub poems and old Country and Western ballads would whisk me away to the land of dreams. And I did dream. I never stopped dreaming.

      If my memory serves me well, I wrote my first poem at 9 years old in the 7th grade at Kingston College. The poem was for a history class assignment and I wrote about the Middle Passage and got an ‘A.’ Reading it for my classmates was my first experience presenting original work to an audience and since then I have been writing and presenting original works– short stories, plays, dub poetry and poetry, citations, and scripts - as well as materials from my father, wherever I have an audience.

      When asked to share my opinion on the difference between dub poetry and other types of poems, I would respond that ‘there is a rhythm embedded in the words of a dub poem that evokes a vibrant delivery.’ Although dub poems may be accompanied by a musical beat, it is not necessary, because the music is in the poem.

      For my peers and me, the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) Annual Festival of the Arts Competition was a cultural training ground and battlefield and we took no prisoners! I won the National Award in Dub Poetry for four consecutive years, from 1999 to 2002. These awards were for performances of my father’s works while other competitors would perform the customary poems year after year; it was fun for us. What made it even more exciting was spending the entire day out of school and getting to interact with the girls over the two to four days of the festival. I enjoyed watching other competitors doing last minute rehearsals with their instructors and trying to control their nervousness. Some would cry when they failed to move to the next round and we would watch all these activities with the confidence that only hours of rehearsing could give.

      On March 16, 2014, an email from Miss Sharda Ganga informed my team of a literary festival called Read My World which would be held in Amsterdam, Nertherlands. It also informed us that I was recommended to present.

      I was asked to submit a few of my dub poems for the chance to be shortlisted. Shortly thereafter, I received the news that I was not only shortlisted, but selected. #greatfeeling! I wondered ‘How would I represent myself at this festival?" but came up with nothing, so I left this question to the old trusty universe to marinate.

      Sometime later, I went to a place called Bread Nut Valley in St. Elizabeth to inquire about a riverside venue where I could host live events. There, I met with two beautiful sisters. The older took me on a tour of the property, which included a delightful walk by the river. As we toured, she regaled me with stories about the property which has been in her family for generations. She also expressed

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