Island Man
Grace-nichols
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Island Man by Grace Nichols
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After the Second World War substantial waves of immigration to the United Kingdom from the Caribbean were needed to meet the labour shortage in an expanding economy.
While this meant economic opportunity for many, the experience of immigrants was complex and varied. Educated West Indians hoping for...
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Island Man Annotated
Morning
And Island man wakes up
To the sound of blue surf
In his head
The steady breaking and wombing
Wild seabirds
And fisherman pulling out to sea
The sun surfacing defiantly
From the east
Of his small emerald island
He always comes back groggily groggily
Comes back to sands
Of a grey metallic soar
To surge of wheels
To dull North Circular roar
Muffling muffling
His crumpled pillow waves
Island man heaves himself
Another London day