NEGRIL, Westmoreland — Poet and author Sunday Jones officially launched her five-day Jamaica tour, Ink Breath and Bars: Pain 2 Power, on Monday, July 20, bringing a message of healing, reflection, and creative empowerment to audiences across Jamaica. Rooted in the mission of transforming personal pain into purpose through spoken word, the July tour blends live poetry performances, youth engagement, and community building. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Sunday Jones is a poet, author, and community leader known for founding Sunday Jones Productions and the Prison Brat Foundation.
She functions as an ordained minister, certified life coach, event curator, and radio personality dedicated to giving a voice to the unheard and unseen. Her work focuses on healing from childhood trauma, faith, and personal evolution. Poet Yasus Afari highlights the vital role the spoken word plays in community upliftment and personal transformation as a vehicle for emotional wellness and youth empowerment.
(Photo: Rosalee Wood Condell) “Ink Breath and Bars is the ink of our soul, of our journeys, our writings, our poetry, our life.” Jones explained to the Jamaica Observer. “The breath is the breath that we take, through word sound, through healing, through all of the things. It’s the breath that we need to take sometimes.
All the time we breathe, but we sometimes need to take breaths. And the bars are the lyrical word sound that come from the ink and the breath. The tour is about community, culture, love, and liberation.
It is to bring people together, to pull light from people who don’t understand that they have the light, or to elevate those that do have the light and want to go further. That is Ink Breath & Bars, to sum it up shortly.” The tour features a line-up of community showcases, school visits, and curated intimate gatherings designed to inspire, connect, and celebrate. The journey began on July 21 at Kingston Night Market, followed by a visit to Haile Selassie High School on July 23.
On July 25 the tour headed to Sador’s Ethiopian Restaurant in Negril for a special community gathering. It concludes on July 30 with an exclusive healing experience and Jones’ Solar Return Celebration. The Ink Breath and Bars tour has gained significant backing from internationally renowned Jamaican dub poet and performance artist Yasus Afari.
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