FERN GULLYAuthor(s): STANLEY FRENCHSource: Caribbean Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 1 (March 1970), p. 51Published by: University of the West Indies and Caribbean QuarterlyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40653133 .

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Above this tortuous trough A river's abdicated bed The sun sifts through a mitred Canopy of lank arthritic trees Clutching damp banks In the braced wind-hushed silence Touristic cameras click Freezing deciduous beauty Leaves' last shimmer Shivering to a fall While two ashen sweepers Old now By the wayside Come and go Come and go about their work Not caring To keep pace with the perennial Waste cascading down.

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