sweet mango

I never thought


I'd find a kid


the way i found you





hanging from a tree


looking like a mango


all juicy and red through





from a far you were big and round


looking like a pumpkin


ready to be squashed





the closer i get


the plainer you seem


round and full


hanging upside down


from a lace up in the tree





ALAS! ALAS!


out of nowhere


a stone flew by


waap, straight in the side

down came the mango


in a wallop of frenzy


straight in my tummy.





Ricardo Williams

Love

MY LOVE

by: Alecia Robinson

My love for you will never die

Even though I'm always shy

My unspoken words are hard to say

Especially to say how much I love you

I'll dream of you

I'll think of you

I'm always wondering what you do

You're my life

You're my song

You're my sugar in my cup

What these words are simply saying

Is that I love You very much.

Crime and Violence (Dub poem)

Crime and violence



Mi say di crime and violence



Crime and violence ina di nation



Everyday mi wake up a pure frustration



People can't walk free pon road again



Because it hard fi tell di one dem weh a fren



mi say di crime and violence



Mi say di crime and violence







Every day mi listen the news



Mi hear all sort a views



Him shot, she stab and dem ya one a grab



Before dem stop crime and run go a rehab



Ina dem yah time when recession nuh stop bite



Why dem a kill when a now we fi unite



Mi say di crime and violence



Mi say di crime an violence







Lawd! what a crisis we have ina dis we society



We need to work together to preserve humanity



Mi tired fi fret an sit dung up a night



A pray to father God to protect mi from di fright



Jamaicans we need to come together



Take care of all sister and bredda



No more crime and violence



No more crime and violence







By: Shannon Smith

God's Love

To you I give my love

that you may cherish

like the father up above

and to bear fruits that flourish

through all four seasons

as God placed us here for different reasons

The work that God assigned to us

unimportant as it seems

It makes us prosperous

and bring reality closer to our dreams

If we only learn to pray and trust

then our problems God will turn to dust

Poetry from jamdung no comparison

Very best group in this our garrison

Imitation pastor preaching over there

Serenity Williams we don't even fear

Yu too buttu come from far an near in a di gutta

What is dis, look at dis

Dem a find fault an dem no mek it

Cum a iuc an no stop preten

Like dem an einstein a big time fren

IUC is not for you

Gully market is more like you

So back to the slum your career will end

If you don't humble yourself and just stop pretend

Welcome to Poetry from jamdun

Usain a de boss and him neva cum last
Caa when him im run even horse stop and ge him pass
9.58 secs a wha him run when tired
Sometimes I wonder if this boy a lion

Usain 2 di worl a wha we haffi say
Ambassador a Jamaica, yeah we well bless!




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Signed:
Alecia Robinson
Shannon Smith
Ricardo Williams
Careen Clarke Willams