A poem by this author describes a worm as "colonel of carrion" and notes that "the gorilla wrestles with the superman", before asking questions like "how can I face such slaughter and be cool?
A poem by this author describes a worm as "colonel of carrion" and notes that "the gorilla wrestles with the superman", before asking questions like "how can I face such slaughter and be cool?" The protagonist is accompanied by Souris and Tigre and pursued across Africa by Corporal Lestrade in this man's play about Makak. He used a loose terza rima style for his most famous work, in which Major Plunkett mourns the death of his wife Maud, the (*) blind poet Seven Seas and the bar owner Ma Kilman heal the wounded Philoctete, and Helen becomes the object of a rivalry between the fishermen Hector and Achille. For 10 points, name this author of "A Far Cry from Africa", Dream on Monkey Mountain, and Omeros, who hails from St. Lucia.
A poem by this author describes a worm as "colonel of carrion" and notes that "the gorilla wrestles with the superman", before asking questions like "how can I face such slaughter and be cool?
Derek Alton Walcott