Poui season in Trinidad & Tobago is a timely reminder of beauty and hope

‘Poui is always a reminder that everything in life has a season’

Originally published on Global Voices

A carpet of yellow poui blossoms in the Queen's Park Savannah in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Photo by Bobbi Gail Xavier, used with permission.

As the annual dry season in Trinidad and Tobago draws closer to its end — it typically runs from January to May — the country's poui trees, ornamentals that can reach about 12 metres (40 feet) in height and produce trumpet-shaped flowers that are either pink or bright yellow...