| James Berry's poems take you back to the noises, sights and smells of his Jamaican childhood. James was born in 1924 in a small village surrounded by fields and fruit trees. Through his writing James shares his experience of this exciting world, where he ate "young jelly-coconut" ('Childhood Tracks') and where humble hens' eggs became "a mighty nest full of stars" ('A Nest Full of Stars'). As he says in one poem "Isn't it all magic?" ('Isn't my name magical').
1 Caribbean Playground Song 2.18
2 Jamaican Song 1.02
3 Childhood Tracks 2.08
4 Seeing Granny 0.38
5 Rain Friend 1.04
6 Trick a Duppy 1.09
7 Everyday Music 1.31
8 Seashell 0.35
9 Earthworm and Fish 0.34
10 A Nest Full of Stars 1.30
11 Isn't my name magical? 1.17
12 A Story about Afiya 2.04
13 When I Dance 2.02
14 The Barkday Party 1.15
15 Action Images 0.40
16 Scribbled Notes Picked up by Owners, and Rewritten 5.49
17 The Adding Up of Birthdays 0.57
18 Somewhere! Somewhere! 1.06
19 Wild Whistling Woman 0.27
20 Skeleton Sisters 0.31
21 The Quarrel 1.14
22 Together 0.39
23 Singing with Recordings 0.50
24 Postcard Poem: Solo 1.26
25 Duppy Dance 1.10
26 Getting Bigger Rap 0.59
27 Mek Drum Talk, Man 3.18
28 People Equal 1.08
29 What Do We Do with a Variation? 1.03
30 Okay, Brown Girl, Okay 2.25
31 Everywhere Faces Everywhere 1.44
32 Teach the Making of Summer 2.22
33 Listn Big Brodda Dread, Na! 1.26
34 Innercity Youth Walks and Talks 2.34
35 The Boy-Don Rap 2.07
36 A Toast for Everybody Who is Growin 1.35
37 Gobble-Gobble Rap 1.50
38 Light Fabric 0.35
39 Bye Now 1.01
40 Goodbye Now 0.30
Total length of the recording 60.00
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