Gardening in the Tropics contains a rich Caribbean world in poems offered to readers everywhere. Olive Senior's rich vein of humour can turn wry and then sharp in satire of colour-consciousness, class-consciousness and racism. But her predominant tone is the verbal equivalent of a pair of wide-open arms.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C811/.54
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Poems Originally published: Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, 1994 Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781459309449
- LCCN
- PR9265.9.S4
- LCCN Item number
- G37 2005eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (136 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00211061 (OCoLC)696032390 (CaOOCEL)407991
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Gourd 8
- TRAVELLERS' TALES 10
- Meditation on Yellow 12
- Hurricane Story, 1903 20
- Moonshine Dolly 23
- Hurricane Story, 1944 25
- Cat's Cradle 29
- Caribbean Basin Initiative 30
- Hurricane Story, 1951 36
- Illegal Immigrant 45
- Stowaway 46
- Meditation on Red 47
- Hurricane Story, 1988 57
- All Clear, 1928 58
- NATURE STUDIES 62
- Plants 64
- Starapple 66
- Pineapple 67
- Madam Fate 69
- Fern 70
- Mountain Pride 71
- Sun and Moon 72
- Snail 73
- Guava 74
- Guava/2 75
- Guinep 76
- Anatto and Guinep 77
- Pawpaw 79
- Bamboo (In Five Variations) 80
- GARDENING IN THE TROPICS 84
- Brief Lives 86
- My Father's Blue Plantation 87
- Finding Your Stone 88
- The Knot Garden 89
- The Colours of Birds 91
- The Tree of Life 94
- Seeing the Light 96
- Amazon Women 98
- Tropic Love 101
- The Immovable Tenant 102
- Gardening on the Run 108
- Advice and Devices 112
- MYSTERY 116
- Marassa: Divine Twins 118
- Obatala: Father of Wisdom 119
- Osanyin: God of Herbalism 120
- Ososi: God of Hunting 121
- Ogun: God of Iron 122
- Shango: God of Thunder 124
- Orunmilla: God of Divination 127
- Babalu: Lord of the Earth 128
- Oya: Goddess of the Wind 130
- Olokun: God of the Deep Ocean 131
- Yemoja: Mother of Waters 134
- Guédé: Lord of the Dead 137
- Acknowledgements 139
