Racheal Joseph

Poet and storyteller

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    rachealjosephpoet
    • Dec 14, 2018
    • 1 min

    Welcome!

    Hello, Welcome to my website. I hope you will enjoy the work I publish on site, as much as I enjoy writing them. I will be adding more...
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    rachealjosephpoet
    • Apr 2, 2021
    • 4 min

    Why the Dum tree no longer sings

    Elmbridge Literary Competition 2021 Highly Commended Why the Dum tree no longer sings. The Dum is a small round, red, fruit that looks...
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    rachealjosephpoet
    • Oct 22, 2020
    • 1 min

    Fear or Respect

    I can't forget the whipping stick, whistling as it struck, the sting it gave, like ants that bite and leave a burning pain. a leather...
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    rachealjosephpoet
    • Oct 6, 2020
    • 1 min

    New release 'Tales from a West Indian Childhood'

    Inspired by personal experiences of unwillingly being sent from London to live with their father's mother in Antigua. Tales of a life in...
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    Sound it out
    rachealjosephpoet
    • Feb 27, 2020
    • 0 min

    Sound it out

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    Open Mike
    rachealjosephpoet
    • Jan 2, 2020
    • 0 min

    Open Mike

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    rachealjosephpoet
    • Nov 19, 2019
    • 1 min

    Happy Birthday Liz

    Summer 1976 We had plans my school friend and me. We were going places, doing things, we planned to be rich and famous. She was going to...
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    Next Event
    rachealjosephpoet
    • Aug 28, 2019
    • 0 min

    Next Event

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    Greenwich Book Festival
    rachealjosephpoet
    • Jun 14, 2019
    • 1 min

    Greenwich Book Festival

    I am performing at the festival at 4pm Entry is free
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    rachealjosephpoet
    • Jun 6, 2019
    • 1 min

    Trump in his own words

    I'm a smart guy, I'm a really smart guy. I'm highly educated - I know words. I'm a very stable genius, like really smart. I have a...
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    rachealjosephpoet
    • Feb 18, 2019
    • 2 min

    First Meeting

    I have always dismissed social networking sites as something for "young people." Personally I have never felt the need to post pictures...
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    rachealjosephpoet
    • Jan 5, 2019
    • 4 min

    Jumbies

    ‘It dead?’ asked six year old Desree. ‘It dead, ’ her cousin, Landell, removed the lifeless piglet from its nursing mother. Eleven other...
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    rachealjosephpoet
    • Dec 21, 2018
    • 1 min

    Family Christmas

    Christmas, a time for family and friends. Children, boisterous, open presents Santa left, Scattering paper everywhere. Mum looks on and...
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    rachealjosephpoet
    • Dec 8, 2018
    • 1 min

    Geoffrey

    At nursery it did not matter that my skin was brown, that my hair was curly. My best friend was called Geoffrey. We sat side by side in...
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    rachealjosephpoet
    • Dec 5, 2018
    • 1 min

    Sun Days

    Long awaited sun arrives. Warm smiles and less attire. All green space topped with bathing bodies, absorbing rays. Drinking lemonade on...
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    rachealjosephpoet
    • Dec 5, 2018
    • 1 min

    It Could Have Been

    It could have been so different. You could have taught me how to ride a bike, climb tree, make angels in the snow. You could have held my...
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    rachealjosephpoet
    • Dec 5, 2018
    • 3 min

    Rest in Peace

    I can’t believe I am in a mutual hug with my dead father’s other woman. Well other women may be a bit harsh. Realistically she was his...
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