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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: JAMAICA, WEST INDIES Matches Found: 14 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` COLONISATION IN REVERSE, by SIMONE LOUISE BENNETT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Wat a joyful new, miss mattie Last Line: Colonizin' in reverse. Alternate Author Name(s): Bennett, Louise Subject(s): Great Britain - Commonwealth & Colonies; Imperialism; Jamaica, West Indies; British Empire; England - Empire FOUR POEMS ABOUT JAMAICA: 2. JAMAICANS POSING TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED, by WILLIAM MATTHEWS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Illiterate esther watched me Alternate Author Name(s): Matthews, William Procter Subject(s): Photography & Photographers; Jamaica, West Indies FOUR POEMS ABOUT JAMAICA: 3. A HAIRPIN TURN ABOVE READING, JAMAICA, by WILLIAM MATTHEWS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here's where the fire truck fell Alternate Author Name(s): Matthews, William Procter Subject(s): Jamaica, West Indies; Wealth; Politics & Government; Riches; Fortunes IN MEMORY OF A FRIEND, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Beneath the feathery fronds of palm Last Line: And consecrates a soul! Subject(s): Jamaica, West Indies; Schalch, Ernest (d. 1874); Yellow Fever JAM FA JAMAICA, by CHARLES LYNCH Poem Source First Line: Munch lime sip sky juice slurp kiskimo pine Last Line: Oracabessa rio bueno %salvation army blares liberty %in twilight square of port antonio Subject(s): Jamaica, West Indies JAMAICA, by DONALD HALL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Nothing is taller than a royal palm Subject(s): Jamaica, West Indies MY MOTHER (2), by CLAUDE MCKAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Reg wished me to go with him to the field Alternate Author Name(s): Edwards, Eli Subject(s): Jamaica, West Indies; Mothers MY MOTHER (2), by CLAUDE MCKAY Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Reg wished me to go with him to the field Last Line: Could weep just once again Alternate Author Name(s): Edwards, Eli Subject(s): Jamaica, West Indies; Mothers ON A SCOTCH BARD, GONE TO THE WEST INDIES, by ROBERT BURNS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A'ye wha live by sowps o' drink Last Line: Tho' owre the sea! Subject(s): Jamaica, West Indies; Poetry & Poets ONE DAY, by IMOGENE ELIZABETH KENNEDY Poem Source Last Line: Which is the same hour fader's prayer Subject(s): Jamaica, West Indies ROAD OF THE DREAD, by LORNA GOODISON Poem Source First Line: That dey road no pave Last Line: But is fi dat alone I tread this road Subject(s): Jamaica, West Indies THE SLAVE; A SEA-PIECE, OFF JAMAICA, by RICHARD HENGIST (HENRY) HORNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Before us in the sultry dawn arose Last Line: The slave is human in a bleeding heart. Subject(s): Jamaica, West Indies; Slavery; Serfs TO MY WIFE (AT KINGSTON, JAMAICA, WEST INDIES), by JOHN WILLIS MENARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thou art gone to thine island home Last Line: And all this sad confusion clear. Subject(s): Jamaica, West Indies TO THE FIRE-FLY OF JAMAICA, SEEN IN A COLLECTION, by CHARLOTTE SMITH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How art thou alter'd! Since afar Last Line: Is friendship's long regret, and true affection's tear! Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner Subject(s): Fireflies; Jamaica, West Indies; Slavery; Glowworms; Serfs |
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