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IT IS LOW TIDE by DEREK WALCOTT

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First Line: IT IS LOW TIDE, SO THE REEF EVOLVES INTO ISLANDS
Last Line: BUT FROM ITS SHACKS AND THEIR FISHNETS THESE LINES WERE MADE
Subject(s): SAINT LUCIA (CARIBBEAN ISLAND);
Full Poem Text Available at
https://books.google.com/books?id=knQOBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=DEREK+WALCOTT+%22IT+IS+LOW+TIDE,+SO+THE+REEF+EVOLVES+INTO+ISLANDS%22&source=bl&ots=SSZuzLA9KI&sig=j91QxHWlmGNMLBqehYRTqoWwZBQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAGoVChMI7baK4NySxwIVTCceCh1f-AI5#v=onepage&q=DEREK%20WALCOTT%20%22IT%20IS%20LOW%20TIDE%2C%20SO%20THE%20REEF%20EVOLVES%20INTO%20ISLANDS%22&f=false


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