NATURE

BY: H.D. CARBERRY

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We have neither We have neither

Summer nor WinterSummer nor Winter The persona’s country does not have the four seasons

Neither Autumn nor Neither Autumn nor Spring. Spring.

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We have instead the We have instead the days days

It has a tropical climate – It has a tropical climate – hot and wet all year hot and wet all year round.round.

When the sun shines it When the sun shines it is wonderful.is wonderful.

It has plenty of It has plenty of sugarcane fieldssugarcane fields

When the gold sun When the gold sun shines on the lush shines on the lush green canefields- green canefields-

Magnificently. Magnificently.

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The days when the rain beats like bullet on the roofs

Sometimes it rains very heavily that

And there is no sound but thee swish of water in the gullies

You can only hear the sound of water flowing in the drain

And trees struggling in the high Jamaica winds.

and the sound of the wind blowing hard at the trees

LINE-BY-LINE MEANINGAlso there are the days when leaves fade from off guango trees’

There are days when leaves fall from the guango trees

And the reaped canefields lie bare and fallow to the sun.

The cane fields become empty after harvest and becomes pale brown

But best of all there are the days when the mango and the logwood blossom

But the best time is when the mango and logwood flower

LINE-BY-LINE MEANINGWhen bushes are full of the sound of bees and the scent of honey,

Bees are busy looking for Bees are busy looking for nectar and you can smell nectar and you can smell the honeythe honey

When the tall grass sways and shivers to the slightest breath of air,

The tall grasses sway to The tall grasses sway to the blowing wind.the blowing wind.

When the buttercups When the buttercups have paved the earth have paved the earth with yellow starswith yellow stars

Buttercups have grown Buttercups have grown and covered the ground and covered the ground with its yellow colorwith its yellow color

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