Welcome to Cynthia James' Website!
Hello, I’m a poet, novelist, short story writer and Winner of The Caribbean Writer’s Canute A. Brodhurst Prize 2013. My latest poetry collection is entitled Watermarked.
Scenes that inspired Watermarked
Despite the veneer of difference, the colonial world by parent type is pretty similar, so wherever you travel you come upon familiar lifestyles and landmarks. Watermarked draws on some of these.
Fireside at King's Landing
My grandmother cooked with blackened pots with ear handles and stump toes similar to these I saw at King's Landing, New Brunswick. The flames under the pot burn bright at the highest boil and cool or go out when the firewood burns down or is removed.
Prince Edward Island Lighthouse
The Prince Edward Island Lighthouse is a Canadian landmark in the national colours, red and white. This beacon gives assurance to the lonely looking out that dark clouds have passed and are way behind.
Green Gables
Visiting Green Gables was an experience I looked forward to. I wanted the aura of Lucy Maud Montgomery to be an incentive for me to complete my young adult fiction collection. The Lucy poems remind me of this impending project.
D5 Creation