Where to find Fond Doux…and You

 

 

 

Where to find Fond Doux”¦and You

In the nearby sea on a faraway isle

Where the “Yeah, Mon”

Is free

And comes with a smile

Where “no problem”

Responds

To every request

And they go well beyond

Just doing their best

Where the rooster crows

To wake the Sun

So the islander knows

The Day’s begun

Take the winding Road

Through its ups and downs

Pass the staked-out goat

And the busy”¦

And the sleepy

Towns

You’ll pass a resort

Or maybe three

Built like a fort

Snug to the sea

Another twist or maybe two

Out of the Jungle

She rises”¦

Fond Doux!

A quarter Millenium

Of history

She boasts

And yet a mystery

Undiscovered to most

Her bananas are sweet

As sweet as the smile

She wears when you meet

And bids

Rest here awhile

Just bring your troubles

Your cares

And your strife

Where the volcano bubbles

To the tune

Of the “No Problem” life

Find the Fountain

Of Youth

In a bucket of mud

Find the simple Truth

That lands with a thud

Life is for living

And the living

Is fine

When living is giving

Your best to the time

One thing I know

I know it is true

Wherever I go

I will carry Fond Doux

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Written July 16, 2021

Dedicated to the staff of Fond Doux Plantation & Resort, with special thanks to Albertina, Rosanna, Lecia, Johnavin, Shyne, Marsha, Kredell, And Jenny

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“Hello! My name is Albertina. Welcome to St. Lucia. Welcome to Paradise!

In Kweyole (St Lucian Creole):

“Bonjour! Non mwen se Albertina. Byenveni Nan St. Luci. Byenveni Nan Paradi.”

(Thanks, Albertina!)