Poem by Claude McKay

Home Thoughts

Oh something just now must be happening there! 
That suddenly and quiveringly here, 
Amid the city’s noises, I must think 
Of mangoes leaning o’er the river’s brink, 
And dexterous Davie climbing high above, 
The gold fruits ebon-speckled to remove, 
And toss them quickly in the tangled mass 
Of wis-wis twisted round the guinea grass; 
And Cyril coming through the bramble-track 
A prize bunch of bananas on his back; 
And Georgie--none could ever dive like him-- 
Throwing his scanty clothes off for a swim; 
And schoolboys, from Bridge-tunnel going home, 
Watching the waters downward dash and foam. 
This is no daytime dream, there’s something in it, 
Oh something’s happening there this very minute!

1. Winter in the Country
2. Morning Joy
3. Spring in New Hampshire
4. Wild May
5. Exhortation: Summer 1919

Robert Nicoll Home Thoughts ("THOUGH Scotland's hills be far awa'")

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