Callaloo Poems - Poems about Callaloo

... Oh, to be in Trinidad when the hot scented currents flow, from East Dry River to Nariva chaconia and silk cotton tree grow. Where reaching palms whisper across island reef and cocon......Read the rest...

...Looking forward all winter for my vacation A three-day excursion put on by We Are One Nation We parked our RV’S near the foothill, then hiked and climbed top of the cliff and met Will When t......Read the rest...

...Adjusting Appetizing Palates. I have sampled the variety, I am the one who has tasted life; The one who has had a taste of life. Rarely indulged in the main course- Seldom a full meal- I come h......Read the rest...

...CALLIOPSIS (For M.M.E) My calliopsis, One beatified breath in me A rolling ray in my race Tender softness in my embrace My calliopsis, Elephantine influence in me Dissolving magic in my b......Read the rest...

...She says she loves me And then she goes to sleep Taking with her to bed My love that she keeps And while she’s sleeping I sing to her on the phone And would keep her company When she’s afr......Read the rest...

...The noise broils over in the heat And spread out like wares along the street The haze of crowd, the jungled feet Fresh scent of soil and the aroma sweet I see the bright cloths, and the fashion shows......Read the rest...

...“I have forgiven mother” She tarries with hope that the good woman will pray her clemency for her own sins, but that hour is expired; Gee grew a strong wit "Mother is no longer my burden" Jes......Read the rest...

...We were supposed to be discovered By Columbus in Fourteen-ninety-eight, But we had the Arawaks and Caribs Already there, so Columbus was late. We are a Cosmopolitan Nation Of every color, cr......Read the rest...