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Walcott,
Derek
. Saint Lucian poet and playwright; 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature
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Midsummer, Tobago
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Written by:
Derek
Walcott
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Broad sun-stoned beaches.
White heat.
A green river.
A bridge,
scorched yellow palms
from the summer-sleeping house
drowsing through August.
Days I have held,
days I have lost,
days that outgrow, like daughters,
my harbouring arms.
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