The last leaves fell like notes from a piano
and left their ovals echoing in the ear;
with gawky music stands, the winter forest
looks like an empty orchestra, its lines
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Captivating opening lines that fuel one to read the entire marvelous work. Beautifully crafted and well executed.
CONGRATULATIONS being chosen as The Modern Poem Of The Day. Hooray! WOW! Twice won in one year, Gorgeous news it was when he won the Noble Prize in 1992.
IF you happened to follow him in his life, we can see here clearly that God is blessing him constantly. So obvious taht he got his artistic talents from God. The words Derek Walcott wrote in almost all his poems are so natural, beautiful and unique.
CONGRATULATIONS on bing chosen as The Modern Poem Of The Day. Hooray! Very exiting news it was when he won the Noble Prize in 1992.
Sixteen five liners in his poem, truly a scintillating European Forest descriptive poem, a great one, since he is a great Modern poet
Awesome! ! Use of metaphors is stunning. Loved the flow and beauty in stanzas. Very nice.
He saw the poetry in forlorn stations under clouds vast as Asia [...] What is a amazing poem. Well... the world is too big to stay in one place.
Like notes from a piano! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
a very interesting and descriptive poem of a time of heavy snow and of men in the know? maybe there is a warning being given that should not to be forgotten! .................well written
Watching the evening river mint.... thanks for posting.....
Chosen for the THIRD time in one year, true fascinating to notice and to realize how most lyrical this poem is. Congratulations to his closest famikly for this honour. I have enjoyed tremendously this most beautiful poem