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Derek Walcott (23 January 1930 / Castries / St Lucia)
Poems of Derek Walcott
| 1. | A City's Death By Fire | 1/13/2003 |
| 2. | A Far Cry From Africa | 1/13/2003 |
| 3. | After The Storm | 1/13/2003 |
| 4. | Blues | 1/13/2003 |
| 5. | Codicil | 1/13/2003 |
| 6. | Coral | 4/12/2010 |
| 7. | Dark August | 4/12/2010 |
| 8. | Egypt, Tobago | 1/13/2003 |
| 9. | Forest Of Europe | 1/13/2003 |
| 10. | In The Virgins | 1/13/2003 |
| 11. | Koening Of The River | 1/13/2003 |
| 12. | Love After Love | 1/13/2003 |
| 13. | Midsummer, Tobago | 1/13/2003 |
| 14. | Night in the Gardens of Port of Spain | 11/7/2005 |
| 15. | Parang | 1/13/2003 |
| 16. | Pentecost | 4/12/2010 |
| 17. | R.T.S.L. (1917-1977) | 1/13/2003 |
| 18. | Sabbaths, W.I. | 1/13/2003 |
| 19. | The Glory Trumpeter | 11/7/2005 |
| 20. | The Saddhu Of Couva | 1/13/2003 |
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The Glory Trumpeter
Old Eddie's face, wrinkled with river lights,
Looked like a Mississippi man's. The eyes,
Derisive and avuncular at once,
Swivelling, fixed me. They'd seen
Too many wakes, too many cathouse nights.
The bony, idle fingers on the valves
Of his knee-cradled horn could tear
Through 'Georgia on My Mind' or 'Jesus Saves'
With the same fury of indifference,
