BAD FOOT
There are doubts about the soundness of one of the legs of an important public figure ("high-high genkleman") who chooses to demonstrate to his detractors the absolute perfect condition of his legs. The only problem is that he fails to show the...

NOH LICKLE TWANG!
This poem bemoans the fact that a recent repatriate Jamaican has returned from the United States without a trace of having been--not even a little "twang"! This, to say the least, is a highly unusual occurrence and all the more unforgivable. Me...

CUSS - CUSS
Not to be confused with Kas-Kas, this poem re-stages a tracing match (i.e. a quarrel) between two Jamaican women. Common cuss-words like "boogooyagga" (low-grade) "heng-pon-nail " (bedraggled) are here liberally used. Opponents are sometimes...

Colonizing in Reverse
Jamaica people colonizin Englan in reverse. By de hundred, by de t'ousan  From country and from town, By de ship-load, by de plane-load  Jamaica is Englan boun. Dem a-pour out o' Jamaica,  Everybody future plan Is fe get...

MOUT TAXES
In the late forties, many reforms were suggested for Income Tax collections. A tax is here suggested for Liza's mouth, which allows nothing to go free of comment..."Moutability" it is called in somequarters (Rex Nettleford) Liza me gal i bad wid...