shyness has no place
with this one
butter-colored trumpets
scream out to be seen
the bees and hummingbirds
hear and peck and flit
somewhere about the mid
19th century
the name was first recorded
in Trinidad
still today the islanders
gather in the savannah
sitting on the pink or yellow flowers
its soft and spongy wood
is used for floats razor straps
even the inner soles of shoes
students
it is believed
fall in love
when the blossoms
litter the campus ground
Opal Palmer Adisa 