This collection of poems represents a "treasurehouse" of memories of Bahamian life. As you read, you will be tapping into the deposits of wealth...of local lore...within my personal bank of memories. You are invited to "spend" each poem -just as you would our 'local currency'- for your own use and pleasure, and thus release the treasures stored in your own personal memory bank. It is my fondest hope, that the subjects presented within these pages will strike a common chord, reveal a common heritage of like memories, and so forge a common bond among those of like heritage.