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I Shall Remember
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Caribbean Quarterly
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March 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright University of the West Indies Mar-Jun 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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And so 1 leave this island
This island that I have loved.
This people that I have loved.
But I shall remember always
The beauty of my people
And the beauty of my land.
And in strange lands
where the fog presses down
And even the street lamps are faint and misty,
I shall remember
The beauty of our nights,
With stars so near
That one could almost stretch and touch them,
Stars - winking and flashing
Magnificently in a sky of velvet blue.
I shall remember
Walking down long avenues of trees,
The black asphalt flecked with pale moonlight
Pouring through the acacia leaves
And the soft laughter of girls
Leaning back, cool and inviting
Against the trunks of flaming poinciana trees.
And in the long ...