Mac Donald Dixon

Mac Donald Dixon is a Caribbean Writer from Saint Lucia. His writing has appeared in: Link Magazine, Caribbean Quarterly (CQ), Bim, West Indian Writer, Callaloo, Poetry International, Wasafiri, Agenda, RBL, New Wave Contemporary Short Stories, and the Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse. Some of his work has been translated into French, Kwéyòl, Spanish, Danish, and Mandarin.

Aging with Grace

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I leave the dumb country to live in town close to the nice nurse, Miss Grace, that helped me cope with my fickle rheumatism.

Sahara Dust

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I stumped my toe on a stone, the doctor gave me powder to stop the wound turning septic. Next morning the bruise was gone, yet the sky was black and unhappy as hell.

A Few Leagues from Shore

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The sextant declares a few leagues more, yet still no land in sight. Just then, a squall swoops down on the rigging

Waiting for the Pelicans’ Return

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Pelicans lived in the bay somewhere, I read but packed up and gone before coal overtook sail. Oil is boss now polluting the water and

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