Monday, April 12, 2010

Pentecost Comments

Rating: 2.8

Better a jungle in the head
than rootless concrete.
Better to stand bewildered
by the fireflies' crooked street;
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Derek Walcott
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Dr Antony Theodore 23 June 2020

Better a jungle in the head than rootless concrete. Better to stand bewildered by the fireflies' crooked street; the very first verses attracted my attention. thank you. t ony

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Michael Walker 25 July 2019

I like Walcott's religious allusions in 'Pentecost'. They give the poem a whole new dimension.

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Derek Walcott

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