Best Carib Poems

Its carnival season again in Trinidad
The whole country in a party mood
With steel pan, soca and calypso
Beautiful women and all kind of food

It has a...

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My first Dollie was white
It sat on the lap of Papa's mahogany chair
I looked closer and saw blue eyes
A miniature mannequin, she was thin
Was it...

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From all over they coming
See them parking every where
All kinds of food they bringing
Rum, sweet drinks and cold beer

See them on the beach walking
Under the...

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off west Africa
rising from the ocean’s warmth.  . . 
a white ghost awakes

thunder on the edge
of the spirit’s calm cold eye. . . 
wickedness...

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Griga Christmas cheer
By Lawrence M. Nunez

Christmas in Griga was a special day
We celebrated in a special way
It was never about a gift or a toy
But...

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Santa whats wrong with you
did u forget me
Why is there no girlfriend
Under my Christmas tree

You know I been a good boy
Didn't give any trouble this...

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One time a barefooted pickney dancing on the street
I beat puhn pan an' wanda how life could be sweet
For my yai quadrilled to distant cling-cling...

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He's burnt obsidian black
Tall and handsome as a matter of fact
This son on scooter, around Town.

If you could see him now
He's tireless Veteran with duodenal...

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I have wooed,wined, and dined you
Till Broadway carries sweet scent of
Your perfume, light and airy
As Hudson River views.

I have seen you gracing love renewed
No more...

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a woman ask whats wrong with me
that some thing is not the same
she said she still see the fire 
but what happen to the flame

her...

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The flowers arrives just in time
The fresh roses and jasmines
It’s the last of the decorations
As the guest starts coming in

The tables sets for 100 guest
With...

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Before the inchoative formation of bygone days, before time's transposing and 
infantile sands,
Before the engulfing deluge covered our quixotic shores,
Whence the awakened were dreamers bestriding...

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The flowers arrives just in time
The fresh roses and jasmines
It’s the last of the decorations
As the guest starts coming in

The tables sets for 100 guest
With...

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Water
 i whispered

droplets pellucid 
means so much
releasing fret 
embracing soul 

carib of earth 
preserve humankind
 without you 
we all died dry 

gurgling your song
drains body...

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                      I
 Remember when...

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