The tempo runs from edge-of-your-seat epic prose to soothing sonnet, melding thoughts of pristine rain forests, turquoise sea, and snowdrifts in Manhattan. Some award-winners were recited at the University of South Florida (USF) campus in St. Petersburg, where such poems as, "The Horn of Wynton Marsalis," "My Father Had a Rhett Butler Smile," and "Pathos" brought accolades and notoriety to the author. If you ever had qualms about Songs of Solomon being a part of the Bible, you may have something else to think about after reading Caribbean Spell.