Garden of Eden? - images and a poem about the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean

jade medallion, lush in cerulean seas

a thousand miles from anywhere

luminous laughter, intoxicated joy

trunks swaying to French Creole beats

rumbling waves, immaculate surge

and cajoling slaps of bracing sea quests

curvaceous horizon of smeared cherry paint

conquered at last by mutinous moon

the Seychelles, its favourite place to be

clock tower bequeathed by momentous nation

colonial ambience of time moved out

pastel chalk walls, bouquet of cinnamon and fish

alongside tracks idly ambled

bizarre fruits vended in bazaar routes

hagglers trying before they buy

little is Ben an unlikely king, so tall stands he

victorious, centre of all reclaimed

his favourite place to be

perilously scant, peerless Pitchers

tipping their hats to unrivaled orchids

carnivorous flora bearing pitfall posture

traps ensnare pests on the wing by bribing nectar

parent of kernels, this Coco-de-mer

gendered solitarily, has this Garden of Eden

species thus curious, odd Jellyfish Trees

rare Bois Meduse, to cultivate a verdant haven

their favourite place to be

imminent Palm Spiders dangle, covetous of

melodic Warblers, clutching Fruit Bats

leisurely hippodromes assembled by Noah

ancient turtles snapping and grunting

Flightless birds, alone this ocean sees

redundant wings a blessing, undesired

clipped as my own, as I ramble atolls

in harmonic tune aside two fine friends

our favourite place to be

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