La Mariposa de La Havana
The white flowers that cover our hardy island country, a symbol of nation that has only dangerous frontiers; the jungles and rain forests de los indios.
La Heliconia de La Jungla
Pink and gold swinging vines of hanging pinzas de langosta, flying from our tropic trees, resembling the monsters of the seas we all came from, long wet vines that trace back to our oceanic roots.
La Solandra Longiflora
Large golden chalices with pink petals, storing the wine of the Caribbean skies in goblets of flowers hanging from long vines, drinks of ocean mist and tropic rains, flavors of tabaco dura and caña de azúcar dulce.
La Merremia Umbrellata
Las campanas de la mañana, chiming at the doorstep of the winter period, bringing joy and color and sweetening the bitterness of the season, warming the already warm island in a glorious la Habana mañana.
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PoetryAngst /äNG(k)st/ noun a feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general. informal a feeling of persistent worry about something trivial.
