Memories Of Paradise Plum
A lot of people keep telling me,“Gal, Jamaica ain’t what it used to be”“Chile tings so hard dung deh, dat everybody’s trying to leave”“So those days you haf inna yuh head, from when yuh use to young,Is nothing more than sweet memories like the taste of a paradise plum” “Di gun mon dem a kill […]
Renewal
This morning I woke earlyJust to walk among the flowersI picked a pretty bluebellAnd touched a shamey-shameyI watched the leaves close slowlyEmbarrassed by my attention Standing by the roadside, I stared at giant fernsWet with morning dewAnd I could almost taste the fallen mangoesAs their sweet aroma filled the airAnd as I listened closelyI heard […]
See mi nuh
See mi nohmi die fi go a yard.to feel di dust pon mi footan stain up mi clothes wit de mango juice. Mi long fi Flat Bridge and Bog Walk,Fern Gully, Hope Gardens, Rockport and Port St. Lucie. To seesome of dem old time peoplesfrom di 60’swho still a chat de chattera sit pon de […]
Richous Indignation from a Nonviolent Jamaican
Chupid lickle foolish bwoy com’ from Jamaica,Dey a Uncle Sam yaad widout even one piece a paypa,Hook up wid dis idiot weh seh im worship Allah,Now dem lef whole heap a innocent people a hallah.Lawd have mercy, what a piece a wickidness an crasses!Mi really sarry fi di people dem an all dem laases. Wah […]
Reflections
As I look towards the skyline this late delightful evening, The sun has retreated towards the west, the sky with it’s fluffy cumulus clouds and patches of red or is it fading to pink? The sound of the gentle Caribbean breeze echoes, as the coconut trees sway from left to right. The day is drawing […]
Jamaica
As I think of the hills and the clear blue seaMemories of Jamaica rush back to meAs I think of the rivers and fertile earthI remember Jamaica, the land of my birth I relive, in my mind, a distant pastAnd my heart laments the times I’ve lostI think of a time and a place I […]
Alots Lonely
Mother and Father came together and cried alots lonelyThen it will be moon ring clouds whereThen crops will grow on earthThen town will be green every whereThen the song of joy will sing in houseMother and Father came together and cried alots lonelyThen people will be happy every where in the townThen will get new […]
O! YESTERDAY
Packaged and stored in the a corner of my mind is yesterday, “what was”.My most treasured moments are my childhood, even though I’m grown andflown millions of miles from home, I reminisce and long for those days. Ihang on to the hinges of the past. Yesterday will never again be theway I painted it in […]
Miss Lou (For Louise Bennett)
My childhood was filledWith cultural pride definedBy a bandana womanWhose smile was as wide as the Caribbean SeaWith a laughter as hearty as Jamaica’sjerk spice, soaked into the skin ofIsland life The root of my soulOn a pillow of national prideHeard a voice, a voice echoing acrossRivers into forests of folksongsAs sunshine blew the leaves […]
Title Hunter
You are meant for neither land nor heavenPlease recall God the moment you will start feeling lost with theMonsters, when the evil monster will start hurting you, pleaseRecall the rememberance of God when the police start torturingThe culprit in the lock-ups, if an innocent is being treated as aCulprit and he is further tortured ruthlessly […]