Liberian Literary Magazine January Issue 0115
Unburden yourself . Your friends who care will be there will understand what you really need what you really desire to be the ( wo ) man of your future lover .
Take my hand
I am youyour Inner Spirit .
I am you - your Muse .
Unlock me set me free to be your Creator of Self .
© “ My Soul Cries ” 2013 – Cher-Antoinette
SOON
The nightmares will soon be over for the sun rises over the cherry moon The time to rest approaches fast as the cloaks of destruction are shed Dirt and sand trade places with cool winds and bleached cotton On which the maps of your destiny will be inscribed It won ' t be much longer now the angels are not asleep They know they must stay awake and alert
To bring you to shores where sunrises and sunsets are all that mark the passing of the hours
To bring you to the arms of the one designated by the Divine Soon it will be soon
© “ Architects of Destiny ” 2014 – Cher-Antoinette
Cher-Antoinette is a mother of two , a forensic scientist and is a multiple silver and bronze award winner at the Barbados National Independence Festival of Creative Arts ( NIFCA ) in Photography , Visual Arts and Literary Arts . An Honours Graduate in Chemistry from UWI Cave Hill Campus , in 1989 the author gained the recognition of being the first Forensic Scientist in Barbados having achieved her Masters in Forensic Science from Kings College , University of London . She has since had a long and rewarding career in the field and is presently the Director of the Forensic Sciences Centre , Office of the Attorney General . Cher- Antoinette prides herself in being both left and right brained and demonstrates her creativity as an artist in many different areas . In 2011 she added to her awards by receiving two silver medals in the Literary Arts at NIFCA for her prose pieces INTERVENTION and THE PINK SLIP . The latter also won her the Incentive Award for the Most Promising Adult Prose Piece . She was awarded a bronze in 2012 with THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CUSS-OUT and in 2014 two Bronzes for Poetry – FOREVER I WON ’ T & RE-EVOLUTION . In the Fine Arts category another bronze for her Watercolour BRIDGE AT THE HOLE . In 2013 her Acrylic painting GEM OF SPEIGHTSTOWN was awarded a Bronze award and in 2014 ST . JOSEPH PARISH CHURCH another Bronze . Cher ’ s works have been published in St . Somewhere Online Literary
Journal , Blackberry - The Magazine , and in four anthologies – Bamboo Press – She Sex , The Barbados National Cultural Foundation ’ s – Winning Words , She Speaks – Woman ’ s Journal , Senseisha – An Anthology on the sensuality of the Barbadian Woman , and The Caribbean Writer 2014 . In December 2013 , Cher self-published an anthology of poetry called My Soul Cries and in 2014 VIRTUALIS : A New-Age Love Story and VIRTUALIS : The Anthology . ARCHITECTS OF DESTINY is the latest anthology that will be published in March 2105 . Her primary media for artwork is Watercolour and she has been exploring Pen / Ink & WC Wash . The cover art for both her works was specially designed by her . Cher-Antoinette can be contacted at cher . insight @ gmail . com and has a social media presence at https :// www . facebook . com / Cor binGirl http :// cherinsight . blogspot . com and on Twitter @ cherinsight Instagram @ CherAntoinetteStudio
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