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GLORY TRUMPETER by DEREK WALCOTT

Poet Analysis

First Line: OLD EDDIE'S FACE, WRINKLED WITH RIVER LIGHTS
Last Line: FOR MY OWN UNCLE IN AMERICA, %THAT LIVING THERE I NEVER COULD LOOK UP
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - SONG AND MUSIC; JAZZ; MUSIC AND MUSICIANS;

Poem Sources:

THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. FOURTH EDITION.
  FERGUSON, MARGARET, SALTER, MARY JO, & STALLWORTHY, JON (EDS.)
  (1996)
 
THE SECOND SET; THE JAZZ POETRY ANTHOLOGY, VOLUME 2.
  FEINSTEIN, SASCHA, & KOMUNYAKAA, YUSEF (EDS.)
  (1996)
 
COLLECTED POEMS: 1948-1984.
  WALCOTT, DEREK
  (1986)
 



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