Poetry From Jamaica | Three Triolets

Three Triolets

It was the ride from the airport to Lantine’s villa.

There were cows and goats by the side of the road.

Surreal excitement took away homesick feelings.

It was the ride from the airport to Lantine’s villa.

Eyes closing to hot humid winds ripping through hair of red color

Island weathers tropical stories untold.

It was the ride from the airport to Lantine’s villa.

There were cows and goats by the side of the road.

              by Renaissance Marie Austin

We went to the open marketplace where there is fresh fruit and produce.

The children are beggars in the streets selling anything from gum to dominoes to thyme.

Checkered slave dresses, nappy twig hair catapults whirlwinds of time deduced.

We went to the open marketplace where there is fruit and produce.

Cheat me, "the rich lady", my unheard of wealth is of your poverty use.

Sun-browned faces ache at the glimmer of a dime.

We went to the open marketplace where there is fresh fruit and produce.

The children are beggars in the streets selling anything from gum, to dominoes, to thyme.

              by Renaissance Marie Austin

I love the mornings here.

Heavenly winds whisks in clear comely days.

The salty sea of Negril I can still feel.

I love the morning here.

From my window I see silent ocean waves, abiding on the balcony of my heart is steals.

Scanty is my spirit in this massive bedraggled grandeur of Montego Bay.

I love the mornings here.

Heavenly winds whisks in clear comely days.

             by Renaissance Marie Austin

I Found This in Google Drive

(Written March 17th 2019)

Dear Drive Journal,

Currently, I am listening to an E on Fire Podcast interview with Laura Gassner Otting. Her book is called Limitless. I am inspired by this podcast and must ask myself some very important questions. First, why do I do what I do? At the moment my answer to that question is this. All I want is to use the skills I have to the fullest and best of my ability, then allow the rest to take care of itself.

So far, I can surely say that my small business, my voice, and my fashion designs have taken me places I never imagined I would go. In all honesty, I can’t really say all the places my talents can take me because well I don’t know all the places I can go in the world. I believe if you keep pushing eventually you will end up in some amazing places. 

It is true that there are things I need to define and be reminded of. One of those things is how I receive revelatory understand when I read things. I have not read as much as I should for a while now, but I really need to soak in more information so that I can have a better understanding of things and so that I don’t forget. 

Key things to remember:

• Define success for yourself, not what the world says or what other say

• Always read

• Know the reason why you do all that you do

• Stay persistent and consistent 

Book Ref: Extreme Ownership book

"I am all smiles. There are some horrible sentences here, and some mediocre thinking, but it is nice to look back and see that was I was always trying. I think it is time for me to finally read the book I personally suggested. Also, I love the key points to remember. They were dead on then and they are dead on now. And they apply to everyone. Once you let go of the socialized success everyone thinks you should be you find yourself living a much happier life according to your own personal definition of prosperity and achievement. Always journal, always read your old self back to your ever renewing self."