UNDER CONSTRUCTION

POETRY

THE TYGER      

Eddie Mills  1983

Tyger! Tyger! Burnin brite

Na de Forest a de nite.

Who fe unearthly han or eye

Could a mek so’em so quite an deadly so?

What did mek dis fire dat a man can

Site na yu blazin eyes?

Who dare yu to follow fashion,

Who tink dem bad enuff fe grab ole

A de fire like dat?

Who fe shoulder anwa kine a artis

Could invent de muscles na yer heart?

An when unu heart did start fe beat,

A who fe dread han, an a who fe dread feet?

Which kine a tool, an wa manner a furnace

Dem did use fe mek yu brain?

Wa dem did use fe mole yu into shape?

Who dread enuff fe try an compare demselves

Against unu strength?

When de stars did a dash wey dem spears,

An watered heaven wid dem tears,

Who can sai dat god did smile fe im wok?

No man was deh deh

Who sai de same one dat did mek de lamb

Did a mek yu too?

Tyger! Tyger! Burnin brite

Na de forest a de nite.

Which everlasting han or eye

Could a mek a creature so deadly an quite as yu?

Love in Suspense
Kwesi Bacchra 1971

      In what delicious moment did I hang suspended?
      On what delightful, celestial cloud?
      For what absurd reason should my heart cease beating?
      Where suddenly went the gooseberry crowd?

      Lost in a second in a tender caress,
      Floating on air as lips found their fire,
      Sailing through blue skies as mouths softly embrace,
      Sweet moulding of two, sizzling with growing desire.

      Cariad, it seemed so long I had to wait
      Until we were, well almost, alone,
     To steal what blue eyes had yearn'd for        
      And brown eyes had promis'd,
      To have you for just one moment as my very own.