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The treasures of Cathay were never found.
In this America, this wilderness
Where the axe echoes with a lonely sound,
The generations labor to possess
And grave by grave we civilize the ground.
Louis Simpson
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My mother raises rare blooms
and waters them with tea
her birth waters sang like rivers
my mother is now me.
Lorna Goodison
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Imagination is the bridge between
the things we know for sure
and the things we need to believe
When our world becomes unbearable.
Staceyann Chin
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you and Caribbea are one in us.
you are Caribbea!
Andrew Salkey
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Dem half o' dis an half o'dat
Dem neida dose nor dese—
So since dem half-an half, dem choice
Watever side dem please.
Louise Bennett-Coverley
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