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Born in January 23, 1930 / United States / English

Poems by Derek Walcott

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The Saddhu Of Couva

... Suppose all the gods were killed by electric light ...

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Parang

... Like her one tear afterwardsThe falling of a fixed star ...

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Koening Of The River

... " The nigger disappeared ...

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R.t.s.l. (1917-1977)

... of the moment when everything became so stiff,so formal with ironical adieux, ...

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Sabbaths, W.I.

... ndays when the lights at the road's end were an occasionthose Sundays when my mother lay on her back ...

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from Omeros

... eyes. II I smelt the leaves threshing at the top of the year  ...

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The Bounty

... as by reeds and cold pools John Clare blest these thin musicians,  ...

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Becune Point

...   Stamping their hooves from thirst, small horses drowse ...

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Frederiksted, Dusk

... ....substantial light and insubstantial stone ...