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It Is Snowing In Florida
It's snowing in Tallahassee
It's very cold in Miami
It's very slippery under the palm trees
And it's very cool in Haiti.
It's snowing heavily in Florida
All the streets are vacated and empty
The coconut trees are coated with snow
We are almost in a state of siege.
It's snowing in Tallahassee
We are worried in Miami
Everyone is sick and cold
But they say that the snow will fall in Haiti
One day and that will be a divine blessing
That's what we imagine on the heavy cross
The snow will bring a fresh and dry wind
To calm the bad spirits in disarray
Then, we hope to see a sign of unity
Peace, harmony and security.
For four decades, no snow
In the city of Miami
At home, in Haiti
We would be in a state of siege
That'd be a blessing against abject poverty
And an insult to corruption and filthiness.
It's snowing, yet Florida is sunny
The snowbirds are not too grumpy and angry
Nevertheless, they rejoice
Since Florida is not Canada
The country "where snow and wind are married"
Wrote Gilles Vigneault. The cold weather
Is important and desirable in winter
On the tropical floor, and on the green carpet.
It's snowing in Tallahassee
It's very cold in Miami
It's very windy under the pine trees
And it's very misty in Haiti.
In the North, where there's plenty of empty space
The inhabitants enjoy the rime frost, white and black ice.
©Copyright January 2018 Logerie Hébert, All rights reserved
Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.
This is a translation of the poem La Floride, C'est La Neige by Hebert Logerie
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Hebert Logerie
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