Life’S Revelations

By Frank Malcolm

Life Revelations is a captivating, inspirational, and revolutionary book laced with lyrical potency that will evoke a feeling of involvement. From the onset it keeps you locked in its strong grasp of imagery, words laced with fire burning on the page to get you drawn in to want to find out more. This book is revealing the struggles of the working class, their quest for upward mobility in a society that is seeking to maintain its status quo. The poems are vibrant, soul searching and probing. Frank bares his soul in Lifes Revelations. He is crying out to be free, free from a system that seeks to denigrate his very thoughts, his dreams, and his aspirations to hear and be heard. This book is speaking to all those who seek freedom of expression and liberation from the clutches of the system.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Jun 10, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524630904

Frank Malcolm

Frank Malcolm was born in the district of Top Hayes in South East Clarendon, Jamaica, West Indies, on October 11, 1957, to Jeremiah Malcolm and Jestina Howell. He attended the Hayes Basic and the Hayes All-Age School, where he developed his formal education. His favourite book was the Bible, and he regularly read the Gleaner Newspaper, which his father bought regularly. From an early age, he had the gift of writing, and his friends and classmates encouraged him to develop his literary skills to the best of his ability. After leaving the ninth grade, he went to live with his mother in the district of Old Paisley, about one mile out of the town of May Pen. There he did a course in electrical welding, from which he earned a living. From there he got involved in community work, which led him to become involved in politics; there he met James Messam and Joseph Gunter, which led to the formation of “Khaki Production,” a performance group involved in speech and drama. Frank gained confidence and developed his performance skills to a high degree and took part in debating competitions. This led him to do a course at the Vernon Arnett School of Political Education at the Old Harbour High School in St Catherine. He later joined the correctional services and is a union representative with the (UAWU). He then began to take his writing and performing seriously, hence he won several gold and silver medals in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission Performing Arts Competitions. He has performed in schools across Jamaica and at different local and national functions; thus out of that journey he is honoured to share this experience. One Love, One Heart, One Destiny.

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Contents

Post Colonialism

Our Roots

Lifes’ Revelation

Grass Root Justice

Drug Abuse

In Your Garden

School of Thought

Reflections

My Opinion

Identity

Cuss Cuss Society

Assassination Dream

The Peoples’ Struggle

Street Children

Productive Woman

Power and Glory

Our Heroes

Crying Blood

What Must I Do?

Talk Bout Heroes

Secret Desire

In Your Court

I Think

I am Full Free

Beyond the Walls

The System Wrong

Solution

Signs of the Time

More Unity

Life at Stake

Lawless Society

Cry Peace

Boasty Slave

Trouble in the City

This Story

The Prison System

Survival

Save Our Children

My Heart Beats

Millennium Tit Bits

Give Us

Communism

Bloodline

Introduction

Life’s Revelation is an expression of struggles, experiences, revolutionary thoughts, Afromantic ideas which I am inclined to share with you. This book of poetry is a revelation of the depth of inspiration that the Most High has bestowed upon I over the years. This is my personal ‘SCRIPTURE’ and I am proud to share it with you; from ‘Life’s Revelations’, transcending into ‘School of Thought’ moving from ‘Revolutionary Thoughts’ to ‘Expressions of Love’.

This collection of ‘Spoken Words and Songs’ will undoubtedly seek to cleanse your mind, body and soul. May this work inspire those who have the privilege to read it, to hear it being read or experience it being performed. I hope it will help you to make a conscious decision to pursue a path of grace, peace, love, equality and tranquility.

Always remember that peace can only come when there is justice.

Give thanks to the Almighty Creator of the universe and to all that have life.

Acknowledgements

Praises be to the Most High for bestowing His inspiration, The Vernon Arnett School of Political Education, my wife Panzie, my children Chamlin, Jamila, my step son Chevralo Moulton and my step- daughter Keichon Moulton who helped a lot with this book. Blessed love to my brethren James Messam (AKA) Jah Messam,(who has edited this work) Joseph Gunter, Ras Carver and Ras Ivor, my brother Alvin Johnson in Florida, Khaki Production and Nightingale Disco. Thanks and praises also goes out to all the groups that I have had the privilege to work with like the Social Development Commission, Jamaica Information Service, the Correctional Service, the Paisley Citizens Association and Paisley Youths. To all the oppressed people of the world, the struggle continues, freedom is a must.

About the Author

Frank Malcolm was born in the district of Top Hayes in South East Clarendon, Jamaica West Indies on October 11, 1957 to Jeremiah Malcolm and Jestina Howell. He attended the Hayes Basic and the Hayes All-Age School where he developed his formal education. His favourite book was the Bible and he regularly read the Gleaner newspaper which his father bought on a regular basis.