Gardening in the Tropics
by Senior, OliveFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-10-30
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Summary
Gardening in the Tropics contains a rich Caribbean world in poems offered to readers everywhere. Olive Senior's rich vein of humor can turn wry and then sharp in satire of color-consciousness, class-consciousness, and racism. But her predominant tone is the verbal equivalent of a pair of wide open arms.
Table of Contents
| Gourd | p. 7 |
| Travellers' Tales | |
| Meditation on Yellow | p. 11 |
| Hurricane Story, 1903 | p. 19 |
| Moonshine Dolly | p. 22 |
| Hurricane Story, 1944 | p. 24 |
| Cat's Cradle | p. 28 |
| Caribbean Basin Initiative | p. 29 |
| Hurricane Story, 1951 | p. 35 |
| Illegal Immigrant | p. 44 |
| Stowaway | p. 45 |
| Meditation on Red | p. 46 |
| Hurricane Story, 1988 | p. 56 |
| All Clear, 1928 | p. 57 |
| Nature Studies | |
| Plants | p. 63 |
| Starapple | p. 65 |
| Pineapple | p. 66 |
| Madam Fate | p. 68 |
| Fern | p. 69 |
| Mountain Pride | p. 70 |
| Sun and Moon | p. 71 |
| Snail | p. 72 |
| Guava | p. 73 |
| Guava/2 | p. 74 |
| Guinep | p. 75 |
| Anatto and Guinep | p. 76 |
| Pawpaw | p. 78 |
| Bamboo (In Five Variations) | p. 79 |
| Gardening in the Tropics | |
| Brief Lives | p. 85 |
| My Father's Blue Plantation | p. 86 |
| Finding Your Stone | p. 87 |
| The Knot Garden | p. 88 |
| The Colours of Birds | p. 90 |
| The Tree of Life | p. 93 |
| Seeing the Light | p. 95 |
| Amazon Women | p. 97 |
| Tropic Love | p. 100 |
| The Immovable Tenant | p. 101 |
| Gardening on the Run | p. 107 |
| Advice and Devices | p. 111 |
| Mystery | |
| Marassa: Divine Twins | p. 117 |
| Obatala: Father of Wisdom | p. 118 |
| Osanyin: God of Herbalism | p. 119 |
| Ososi: God of Hunting | p. 120 |
| Ogun: God of Iron | p. 121 |
| Shango: God of Thunder | p. 123 |
| Orunmilla: God of Divination | p. 126 |
| Babalu: Lord of the Earth | p. 127 |
| Oya: Goddess of the Wind | p. 129 |
| Olokun: God of the Deep Ocean | p. 130 |
| Yemoja: Mother of Waters | p. 133 |
| Guede: Lord of the Dead | p. 136 |
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