Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poets


DEREK WALCOTT

Poet Analysis

Poems found: 340

IN LATE-AFTERNOON LIGHT THE TOPS OF THE BREADFRUIT LEAVES

THE FISHERMEN ROWING HOWEWARD

IN MY EIGHTEENTH YEAR

PRIVATE JOURNAL

LETTER TO A PAINTER IN ENGLAND

AS JOHN TO PATMOS

A SEA-CHANTEY

BLUES

CRUSOE'S ISLAND

EULOGY TO W. H. AUDEN

EUROPA

FOR THE ALTARPIECE OF THE ROSEAU VALLEY CHURCH, SAINT LUCIA

GROS-ILET

HOMAGE TO EDWARD THOMAS

HOMECOMING: 1

HOMECOMING: 3

IT IS LOW TIDE

ITALIAN ECLOGUES: 1

ITALIAN ECLOGUES: 2

ITALIAN ECLOGUES: 3

ITALIAN ECLOGUES: 4

ITALIAN ECLOGUES: 5

ITALIAN ECLOGUES: 6

MARINA TSVETAEVA

MIDSUMMER: 54

MIDSUMMER: 27

MIDSUMMER: 3

MIDSUMMER: 2

NEVER GET USED TO THIS

NIGHTS IN THE GARDENS OF PORT OF SPAIN

OVER COLORADO

PARANG: 1. CHRISTMAS EVE

PARANG: 2

PARANG: 3

PRAISE TO THE RAIN

SEA CANES

SPAIN: 1

SPAIN: 2. GRANADA

SPAIN: 4

THE ALMOND TREES

THE BOUNTY: 1

THE BOUNTY: 2

THE BOUNTY: 3

THE BOUNTY: 4

SPAIN 3. READNG MACHADO

MIDSUMMER: 4

THE FIST

THE GLORY TRUMPETER

THE GULF

THE HOTEL NORMANDIE POOL

THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

THE LIGHTHOUSE

THE SCHOONER FLIGHT

UPSTATE

MIDSUMMER: 5

WATTEAU

A FAR CRY FROM AFRICA

A LETTER FROM BROOKLYN

MIDSUMMER, TOBAGO

MIDSUMMER: 36

THE SEASON OF PHANTASMAL PEACE

VOLCANO

VI

A LESSON FOR THIS SUNDAY

IN THE VILLAGE

ORIGINS

BECUNE POINT

LOVE AFTER LOVE

CODICIL

A CITY'S DEATH BY FIRE

AT THE END OF THIS LINE THERE IS AN OPENING DOOR

AWAKING TO GRATITUDE IN THIS GENEROUS EDEN

I AM CONSIDERING A SYNTAX THE COLOUR OF SLATE

IF THESE WERE ISLANDS MADE FROM MYTHOLOGIES WHERE

IN LATE-AFTERNNON LIGHT THE TOPS OF THE BREADFRUIT LEAVES

NEVER PLOTTED, NEVER PROVIDED WITH THEIR PROPER METRE

SHE RETURNS TO HER ROLE AS A SEAGULL. THE WIND

PHRASES OF A PATOIS ROOTED IN THIS CLAY HILLSIDE

SEA SHOULD HAVE SETTLED HIM, BUT ITS NOISE IS NO HELP

SUBLIME ALWAYS BEGINS WITH CHAORD 'AND I SAW'

THEN, AS IF THE EARTH'S WICK WERE BEING LOWERED

THERE IS NOTHING EXCEPT THE SUN AT THE END OF THE STREET

THESE LINES THAT I WRITE NOW, THAT LACK SALT AND MOTION

FIST CLENCHED ROUND MY HEART'

CASTLE IN THE OLIVES

CITY'S DEATH BY FIRE

FAR CRY FROM AFRICA

LATIN PRIMER

LESSON FOR THIS SUNDAY

LETTER FROM BROOKLYN

LETTER FROM THE OLD GUARD

PROPERTIUS QUARTET

SANTA ANA CRUZ QUARTET: 1

SANTA ANA CRUZ QUARTET: 2

SANTA ANA CRUZ QUARTET: 3

SANTA ANA CRUZ QUARTET: 4

SEA-CHANTEY

VILLAGE LIFE

ACHILLE IN AFRICA

ADAM'S SONG

AFTER THE PLAGUE

AIR

ALBA

ALPHAEUS PRINCE

ANOTHER LIFE

AS JOHN TO PATMOS

BEACHHEAD

BLEECKER STREET, SUMMER

BLUES

BRISE MARINE

CENTRAL AMERICA

CHE

CODICIL

COLD SPRING HARBOR

CORAL

CRUSOE'S ISLAND

CRUSOE'S JOURNAL

CUL DE SAC VALLEY

DARK AUGUST

DOWN SHORTCUTS

EARLY POMPEIAN

EASTER

EGYPT, TOBAGO

ELEGY

ELSEWHERE

ENDINGS

EULOGY TO W. H. AUDEN

EUROPA

FOR ADRIAN; APRIL 14, 1986

FOR THE ALTARPIECE OF THE ROSEAU VALLEY CHURCH, SAINT LUCIA

FOREST OF EUROPE

FREDERIKSTED, DUSK

FRENCH COLONIAL. 'VERS DE SOCIETE.'

FROM THIS FAR

GOATS AND MONKEYS

GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN

GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMAN: PART II

GREAT BURSTS OF EXALTATION

GREENWICH VILLAGE, WINTER

GUYANA

HOMAGE TO EDWARD THOMAS

HOMECOMING: 1

HOMECOMING: 2

HOMECOMING: 3

HOMECOMING: ANSE LA RAYE

HOMER IN THE UNDERGROUND

HURUCAN

I SAW STONES

IN A GREEN LIGHT, SELS.

ISLANDS

IT DEPENDS

IT IS LOW TIDE

ITALIAN ECLOGUES: 1

ITALIAN ECLOGUES: 2

ITALIAN ECLOGUES: 3

ITALIAN ECLOGUES: 4

ITALIAN ECLOGUES: 5

ITALIAN ECLOGUES: 6

JEAN RHYS

KOENIG OF THE RIVER

LAMPFALL

LANDFALL, GRENADA

LAVENTILLE (FOR V.S. NAIPAUL)

LIMITS AND FREEDOM

LOVE AFTER LOVE

LOVE IN THE VALLEY

MAP OF EUROPE

MAP OF THE NEW WORLD: 1. ARCHIPELAGOES

MARINA TSVETAEVA

MASS MAN

MENELAUS

MIDLSUMMER: XXXI

MIDSUMMER 54

MIDSUMMER, TOBAGO

MIDSUMMER: 11

MIDSUMMER: 14

MIDSUMMER: 15

MIDSUMMER: 18

MIDSUMMER: 19

MIDSUMMER: 2

MIDSUMMER: 20. WATTEAU

MIDSUMMER: 21. WATTEA

MIDSUMMER: 23

MIDSUMMER: 25

MIDSUMMER: 26

MIDSUMMER: 27

MIDSUMMER: 28

MIDSUMMER: 3

MIDSUMMER: 30

MIDSUMMER: 33

MIDSUMMER: 35

MIDSUMMER: 36

MIDSUMMER: 38

MIDSUMMER: 39

MIDSUMMER: 41

MIDSUMMER: 43. TROPIC ZONE

MIDSUMMER: 44

MIDSUMMER: 50

MIDSUMMER: 51

MIDSUMMER: 52

MIDSUMMER: 53

MIDSUMMER: 6

MIDSUMMER: 7

MIMI, THE NEAR-SUICIDE

MISSING THE SEA

NAMES

NEARING FORTY

NEGATIVES

NEVER GET USED TO THIS

NEW CREATURES

NEW WORLD

NIGHT FISHING

NIGHTS IN THE GARDENS OF PORT OF SPAIN

NN A GREEN NIGHT

NORTH AND SOUTH

NOT THE HORNED HEAD

OCEANO NOX

ODDJOB, A BULL TERRIER

OLD NEW ENGLAND

OMEROS, SELS.

ORIENT AND IMMORTAL WHEAT

ORIGINS

OVER COLORADO

PARADES, PARADES

PARANG

PARANG: 1. CHRISTMAS EVE

PARANG: 2

PARANG: 3

PENTECOST

PIANO PRACTICE

POCOMANIA

POETRY AND PRAYER

POLONAISE

PRAISE TO THE RAIN

PREPARING FOR EXILE

RETURN TO D'ENNERY; RAIN

RIVERS

ROMAN PEACE

ROSEAU VALLEY

RUINS OF A GREAT HOUSE

SABBATHS, W.I.

SAFE CONDUCT

SAINE LUCIE

SAINT LUCIA'S FIRST COMMUNION

SALSA

SEA CANES

SEA GRAPES

SEASHELL

SELF PORTRAIT

SIGNS: 1

SIGNS: 2

SIGNS: 3

SIGNS: 4

SIX FICTIONS: 1

SIX FICTIONS: 2

SIX FICTIONS: 3

SIX FICTIONS: 4

SIX FICTIONS: 5

SIX FICTIONS: 6/MANET IN MARTINIQUE

SPAIN: 1

SPAIN: 2. GRANADA

SPAIN: 3. READING MACHADO

SPAIN: 4

STAR

STEAM

STORM FIGURE

STREAMS

SUMMER ELEGIES: 1

SUMMER ELEGIES: 2

SUNDAY IN THE OLD REPUBLIC

SUNDAY LEMONS

SUNDAYS

TALES OF THE ISLAND: 1. LA RIVIERE DOREE

TALES OF THE ISLAND: 10. 'ADIEU FOULARD.'

TALES OF THE ISLAND: 2. 'QU'UN SANG IMPUR.'

TALES OF THE ISLAND: 3. LA BELLE QUI FUT

TALES OF THE ISLAND: 4. 'DANCE OF DEATH.'

TALES OF THE ISLAND: 5. 'MOEURS ANCIENNES.'

TALES OF THE ISLAND: 6

TALES OF THE ISLAND: 7. LOTUS EATER

TALES OF THE ISLAND: 8

TALES OF THE ISLAND: 9. 'LE LOUPGAROU.'

TARPON

THANKSGIVING

ALMOND TREES

ARKANSAS TESTAMENT

BAMBOO STANDS READY

BANYAN TREE, OLD YEAR'S NIGHT

BOUNTY II

BOUNTY: 1

BOUNTY: 2

BOUNTY: 3

BOUNTY: 4

BOUNTY: 5

BOUNTY: 6

BOUNTY: 7

CASTAWAY

CLOUD

FEEL OF THE VILLAGE

FIST

FLOCK

FORTUNATE TRAVELLER

GLORY TRUMPETER

GULF

HARBOUR

HOTEL NORMANDIE POOL

LIBERATOR

LIGHT OF THE WORLD

MAN WHO LOVED ISLANDS; A TWO PAGE OUTLINE

MORNING MOON

POLISH RIDER

SADDHU OF COUVA

SCHOONER FLIGHT

SEA IS HISTORY

SEASON OF PHANTASMAL PEACE

SPOILER'S RETURN

STAR-APPLE KINGDOM

SWAMP

THREE MAGICIANS

VILLA RESTAURANT

WALK

WHELK GATHERERS

YOUNG WIFE

TO NORLINE

TO RECEDE LIKE A SNAIL

TO RETURN TO THE TREES

TOMORROW, TOMORROW

TWO POEMS ON THE PASSING OF AN EMPIRE: 1

TWO POEMS ON THE PASSING OF AN EMPIRE: 2

UPSTATE

VERANDA

VOLCANO

WALES

WATTEAU, SELS.

WHAT IS THIS VIRULENCE

WHITE MAGIC

WINDING UP

WINTER LAMPS

XLII

YOUNG POETS



Home: PoetryExplorer.net