Murder of Reena Virk and Mary, Mother of Jesus

South Asian descent: Tell: poems for a girlhood is Mauritian-Canadian Soraya Peerbaye study of the social meaning of the murder of Reena Virk, a teen of South Asian descent who was beaten and drowned in Saanich, B.C., on Nov. 14, 1997, according to The Chronicle Herald. Mordecai verses hew to gospel truths but also respect both the poet Jewish heritage of scepticism and her roots in Jamaica Afro-spiritual-accented and ganja-scented Christianity. Jamaican-Canadian Pamela Mordecai de book of Mary: A Performance Poem is her vision of Mary, mother of Jesus and thus of divinity, in the first book of an epic trilogy. So this story of Mary unfolds in three-line stanzas but in the lingo of Jamaican nation language or patois. Then again, de book of Mary is meant to be performed, to be read aloud. However, Mordecai keeps only hints of Jamaican English so the Canuck reader can follow the tale easily. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.