CHANGED CHAINS
“Colebrook’s impactful vision is visceral in its harsh reality. He intentionally bypasses the usual intellectual-exercise-as-historical missive, and instead plunges into the ongoing crisis of modern-day subjugation and Jim Crow. As with Baldwin, Colebrook’s work ultimately arrives at the paradox of how to love a society that does not love him… his vivid language emerges into a place of optimism, however cautionary. His message is hopeful, evoking imagery of literal and figurative shackles that through the forge of extraordinary hardship and sheer will, have been re-cast into treasures. His work is steeped in the persistent memory that what we have been subjected to is not who we are. Exceptionally well done.”

Robert Arrington USA

CHANGED CHAINS
“The poem gave me reason to pause and reflect on the realities that shaped me. I was compelled to relive a truth that demands answers among them … The conflict between the reader and reality is evident and moves me from sadness to resolve. I was reader, audience, actor , playwrite , director and finally, armed with a clear perspective; an agent for change. Changed!”

Craig Ferguson The Bahamas

CHANGED CHAINS
“Roderick has always marched to the beat of a different drum and now I understand why he felt bold enough to lead then and why he continues to lead now. In this powerful poetic story, Roderick describes our journey in such a way that you too will feel compelled to lead until the battle is won!“

Corey Smith USA

CHANGED CHAINS
“The work creates a visualization that beautifully describes the slave as an instrument of economic value … From the opening line, one can see the gross injustice, the inhumanity, the imbalance in the value scales of those who traded humans for the purpose of profit.”

Frederick Smith The Bahamas