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Trinidad & Tobago

“In our land,
We do not breed
That taloned king, the eagle,
Nor make emblazonry of lions:
In our land,
The black birds
And the chickens of our mountains
Speak our dreams”

–Harold M. Telemaque, from ‘In Our Time’, (The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse)