big man.
Once again you left the world in your dust.
- Seon Lewis
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Athletes at dem best
Year 2008 neva really start out so great,
but we Jamaicans have likkle faith,
dat tings might work out at a later date,
prefer more sooner dan too late.
We Jamaicans go thru nuff struggles,
wedda we deh a top, middle or way dong below,
but proud Jamaicans fight right till di end,
going up di high mountain, through di valley or round di most dangerous bend.
To Beijing wi sen off wi best athletes,
fi see dem march wid wi flag looking handsome and sweet,
knowin dat one day di United States of America
dem wudda beat,
but neva knowing dat we wudda get four medals
inna only two meet.
Usain Bolt set a new world record and win di
hundred metre,
followed by Shelly-Ann who win gold - mi call har di silent creeper,
coming in second was Sherone and Kerron fi win silver,
a tie a di finish line like dem a two sister.
As DYCR seh, "We must expect di unexpected,
wid wi Jamaican athletes wi can neva be disappointed,
'cause dem always rise to the occasion,
an come out pon top inna any situation."
Dis is Jamaica land we love,
wi richly blessed by the man up above,
stop di killing and mek wi come togedda fi over come every test
so wi can live fi see nuff more athletes performin' at dem best.
- Nastassia Aikman
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Marshmallow dream world
Away ... away
I fly away into puffy sugar-dipped
Marshmallow dream world.
I float on pink cotton candies
That never could melt 'cause
Of the light, light-giving sun.
I jump across rainbow skies,
Eagerly play swing on their
Long multi-coloured ribbons.
I walk on roadways paved with
Chocolate bars and caramel syrup
Smooth and sweet, not sticky-wet.
Round, swirling coloured lollipops
Pop from sugar-dusted soil -
My flowers, red, white, purple, green.
Bubblegum world;
Balloons of light
In this Dream
There is no night.
- Tricia Wint
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Unbeatable love
I let you go knowing
That you'll be back.
Time has proven over and over again
What you fail to understand.
I have no fear, no remorse,
I send with grave confidence.
So go! Take the wings of the morning
And fulfil your unquenchable desires.
Destiny has been proven right
But again you fail to understand
Physically, emotionally or spiritually
One way or another!
How can you have someone
And, at the same time
Not have him?
I win either way ha ha!
You are written on my heart,
Just like a tattoo
I'll always have you.
- Kady-Ann Morgan
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Gustav
Lawd! Mi house gawn!
Mi wig wash weh inna de storm
Mi cyaan find nuh weh fi sleep, mi bed soak
Mek wi si if wi can get a lift go cross town inna de
boat
Nuh road nuh deh, it wash weh to
Suh cum wi try fi mek a track fi mi and yuh
Gustav yuh tek weh all a mi legacy
Mi fowl, mi goat, mi donkey
All de hog gawn wid de sty!
Gustav wi nuh welcome yuh presence
Cause yuh nuh have nuh conscience
Yuh tek too much libaty pon wi
But wi shall overcome
Suh yuh betta tek weh yuhself!
- Opal Wisdom
