Saturday Poetry Blogging: Hidden treasures edition
I assembled a bookcase for Augustlet last night, and for the first time since he was about one all his books (I’m talking a small bookstore’s worth) were collected in the same place. In the process I found a book bought for him by family friends in 2003 which I had not seen since about a week after he received it. (I’m telling you, it’s a lot of books. I can’t imagine how bad it’s going to get after he actually learns to read.) A shame, because it’s an absolutely fantastic collection of Caribbean poems called Under the Moon & Over the Sea. I recommend it for anyone with kids, or anyone who loves poetry.
I Like to Stay Up - Grace Nichols
I like to stay up
and listen
when big people talking
jumbie storiesI does feel
so tingly and excited
inside meBut when my mother say
“Girl, time for bed”Then is when
I does feel a dreadThen is when
I does jump into me bedThen is when
I does cover up
from me feet to me headThen is when
I does wish I didn’t listen
to no stupid jumbie storyThen is when I does wish I did read
me book instead
I really like this one.
“from me feet to me head” Perfect.
Comment by Faux Real — February 15, 2006 @ 5:00 am