People of Color

Jerrice Baptiste

Inside the bassinet rests

a baby boy. Skin tones 

of cinnamon, nutmeg, 

cocoa, ginger 

glowing faintly 

in muted sunlight  

under translucent netting.   

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Jerrice J. Baptiste is a poet and author of eight books. She was the recipient of a residency for The Women's Leadership Program at The Omega Institute, NY, 2019.  Her poems have been published and are forthcoming in The Yale Review; Kosmos Journal; Mantis; Penumbra Literary & Art Journal; Shambhala Times; The Caribbean Writer; West Trestle Review; The Lake Poetry Journal; The Tulane Review; Autism Parenting Magazine; So Spoke the Earth: Anthology of Women Writers of Haitian Descent and many others. She also facilitates creative writing workshops. Her poems and collaborative songwriting are on the Grammy award winning album Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti.  Jerrice is the host of Women of Note on WKZE, 98.1 FM in Red Hook, NY where she enjoys playing Jazz & world music for her international audience. Visit her at Guanabanabooks.com to learn more about her work.