The water between us / Shara McCallum.

I: In the garden of banana and coconut trees -- Apple -- Pleasant hill -- 8 Hope Road -- Poem where my mother and father are absent -- What I saved -- The perfect heart -- Fruit -- The feast to celebrate his majesty's birthday -- First rites -- Mother -- The awakening -- Jack Mandoora me no choose none -- II: What lies beneath -- Debt -- The spell -- The evolution of useful things -- Poppies -- What the stories teach -- Dove -- For you sweetheart -- Something like flying -- The remains -- Darkling I listen -- III: May 1981 -- What I'm telling you -- Sunset on the wharf -- Losing footing -- What we forget -- Jamaica, 1978 -- Jamaica, October 18, 1972 -- Persephone sets the record straight -- Mother love -- Untitled -- What my mother taught me -- Lullaby -- Discubriendo una fotografia de mi madre -- Yu no send. Me no come. -- In my other life -- Seed -- IV: The siren's defense -- A warning -- Siren Isles -- I promise you this -- Enough -- The sea returns -- The daughter, left -- When I think of you -- Calypso -- Apsara -- Two sides -- The fisherman's wife -- The meeting -- The exchange -- The choice made -- The tragedy of the mermaid -- What the oracle said.

Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize, 1998.

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