Red Rover

by Senior, Olive

• ISBN13: 9781897178485
• ISBN10: 1897178484
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-01
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

A new collection of poetry from the winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.

Table of Contents

Shell Out
Hatch	p. 13
Maize	p. 14
Shelter	p. 16
Garden Snail	p. 17
Taino Genesis	p. 18
Cassava/Yuca	p. 20
Skin	p. 21
Pearl	p. 22
The Skin of the Earth	p. 23
Sailor's Valentine	p. 24
Canoe/Ocean	p. 25
Hurricanes	p. 26
Lucea Harbour	p. 27
The Song That It Sings	p. 28
Shell Blow
Shell Blow	p. 33
Send the Fool a Little Further	p. 41
Shell Shock
Quashie's Song	p. 45
Peppercorn	p. 46
Sweet Bwoy	p. 48
Cane Gang	p. 51
West India Cane Piece Rat (1821)	p. 53
Canefield Surprised by Emptiness	p. 55
Walking on Eggs	p. 56
What Could Be Written on a Grain of Rice	p. 58
Fishing in the Waters Where My Dreams Lie	p. 60
At the Slave Museum	p. 63
Picture	p. 64
Shelter
Found Poem Regarding Archaeological Concerns	p. 67
Join-the-Dots	p. 68
Shell	p. 70
The First House	p. 71
S(h)ift	p. 72
Empty Shell
A Superficial Reading	p. 77
The Poetics of a West India Dinner Party	p. 79
Auction	p. 82
Picture Credits	p. 99
Notes on Poems	p. 100
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