Vol - II - IT@School
Vol - II - IT@School
Vol - II - IT@School
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EXTENDED READING<br />
POETRY<br />
• Have you ever heard a tree talking<br />
and wind singing? Share your<br />
experience.<br />
• What image do the words treetalk<br />
and windsong create in your mind?<br />
• What phrase does the poet use to<br />
describe sugarcane?<br />
• What does the poem suggest about<br />
the family background of the poet?<br />
Whose voice is in the sugarfields?<br />
SUGARFIELDS<br />
Treetalk and windsong are<br />
The language of my mother<br />
Her music does not leave me.<br />
Let me taste again the cane<br />
The syrup of the earth<br />
Sugarfields were once my home.<br />
I would lie down in the fields<br />
And never get up again<br />
(Treetalk and windsong<br />
Are the language of my mother<br />
Sugarfields are my home.)<br />
The leaves go on whispering secrets<br />
As the wind blows a tune in the grass<br />
My mother’s voice is in the fields.<br />
This music cannot leave me.<br />
Barbara Mahone<br />
• What is the final realization of the<br />
poet?<br />
124 English Coursebook V<strong>II</strong>I
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