Islands of these Caribbean waters that sparkle in earth's orb, <br />Like a kaleidoscope of colours in an artistic display of genius.We hear <br />A malady of intoxicating melodies which exhilarates, thousands <br />Worshipping at the shrine of steel pan at the Savannah, <br />Their bodies swaying like coconut trees caught in the Carnival gale <br />Of Monday's cadence, that ascends to the frenzied climax <br />of Tuesday mas. <br />O Caribbean Sea! Your waters dance like a troupe of Best Village belles, <br />Choreographed by the infectious rhythms of the sea-nymph Calypso, in Arima <br />San Fernando, Chaguanas, Scarborough and Port of Spain, where <br />Like a deluge in the rainy season, the carnival fiesta erupts as Soufriere's rage <br />With a million dancing feet and a symphony of celebratory sound, <br />Calypso, the nymph with braided locks, and her accouterments <br />over the wet sea has flown, <br />Over the wet sea she has flown and <br />In these prancing masqueraders 'en morphed', Abundantly <br />From the cup of Bacchus wine is poured forth and <br />In the streets of Port of Spain Bacchanal is a river. At J'Ouvert <br />Dawn the Rosy-fingered takes Orion as lover, <br />As with heartsome glee, Euphrosyne watches, and Demeter <br />With her fair dreadlocks, crowned as royalty, seduces Iasion <br />In the hollowed green of the Savannah while <br />Like a mystic masseur Minshall marshals his mas, <br />and Mayhem follows.<br /><br />ENOCH JOHN<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/trinidad-and-tobago-carnival/
