Once the Mango Drops
By Caleb Raymond | From : Haiti | School : Bloomfield High SchoolI am from a village surrounded
By mango trees
Every summer
People in the village eat a lot of mango.
Kids take rocks and throw them on the mango
Once the mango drops we sit under the tree and eat it.
Juice drops out of our mouths
We use our shirt to clean it
Where i’m from where there are a lot of beaches
When you sit on the side of those beaches
And the sun pops up on your face
You feel
Good.
Kids are playing on the sand.
We take “canot” when we are in the water.
The water is blue and salty.
Where i’m from we drink “dlo cocoe”
To give us power.
Young boy climb on the tree to get to “cocoe”.
We take “manchet” to cut them and then we drink it.
After you drink it you feel good.
Where I’m from we eat tomtom.
Our ancestors used to eat this food
“Les negres marron”.
Dessaline Petion the soldier that gave us our independence.
Where i’m from soccer is our passion.
When two teams are playing people bet on them.
They give them motivation to play
They encourage them to score.
When they lose they get angry at the team
When they win, they are happy
There’s joy, there’s happiness, on their faces.
Haiti
12/14/17