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Tropic Love
Senior found inspiration in what she witnessed throughout her life in Jamaica. "Tropic Love" was a great example of this.
Gardening in the Tropics you hear poetry
in some unexpected places. Sitting on my
verandah last night I overheard two people
passing by. The woman said:
You don’t bring me flowers anymore
- or anything for the children.
My heart has turned to stone
but I cannot put that in the pot.
Love me and my family or leave me
to sit by the roadside to sell,
by the riverside taking in washing,
by milady’s fire cooking for my living.
I’m a woman with heavy responsibilities.
With my lot I’m prepared to be contented.
With your sweet words, Lover, tempt me
not, if you’ve come empty-handed.
http://www.ryerson.ca/olivesenior/poems/tropic_love.html
http://www.tubechop.com/watch/2936697
Date of Publication: 1994
Tropic Love stuck out to me because it relates a lot to our modern day women or single parents.
Poetic Techniques:
Theme: The main theme of this poem is the Caribbean where single parented households are headed by a female.