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Gardening in the tropics : poems
- Title
- Gardening in the tropics : poems / by Olive Senior.
- Author
- Senior, Olive.
- Publication
- Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, ©1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PR9265.9.S4 G37 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 136 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- A collection of poems by a Jamaican-Canadian poet.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Poetry.
- Contents
- Part 1. Travellers' tales. Meditation on yelllow -- Hurricane story, 1903 -- Moonshine Dolly -- Hurricane story, 1944 -- Cat's cradle -- Caribbean basin initiative -- Hurricane story, 1951 -- Illegal immigrant -- Stowaway -- Meditation on red -- Hurricane story, 1988 -- All clear, 1928.
- Part 2. Nature studies. Plants -- Starapple -- Pineapple -- Madam fate -- Fern -- Mountain pride -- Sun and moon -- Snail -- Guava -- Guava/2 -- Guinep -- Anatto and Guinep -- Pawpaw -- Bamboo (in five variations).
- Part 3. Gardening in the tropics. Brief lives -- My father's blue plantation -- Finding your stone -- The knot garden -- The colours of birds -- The tree of life -- Seeing the light -- Amazon women -- Tropic love -- The immovable tenant -- Gardening on the run -- Advice and devices.
- Part 4. Mystery. Marassa: divine twins -- Obatala: father of wisdom -- Osanyin: God of herbalism -- Ososi: God of hunting -- Ogun: God of iron -- Shango: God of thunder -- Orunmilla: God of divination -- Babalu: Lord of the Earth -- Oya: Goddess of the wind -- Olokun: God of the deep ocean -- Yemoja: Mother of waters -- Guede: lord of the dead.
- ISBN
- 0771080522
- 9780771080524
- LCCN
- 94159031
- OCLC
- ocm31239616
- 31239616
- SCSB-2039410
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library