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    IN MEMORY OF DEREK ALTON WALCOTT

    Mar 15, 2018 2 minutes
    Major Jackson

    1

    Island traffic slows to a halt
    as screeching gulls reluctant
    to lift heavenward
    congregate like mourners in saltcrusted
    kelp, as the repellent
    news spreads to colder shores:

    Sir Derek is no more.Bandwidths, clogged by streamingtributes, carry the pitchof his voice, less so hisas they are to a fisherman’s who strainsin the Atlantic

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    Acknowledges
    The Plimpton Circle is a remarkable group of individuals and organizations whose annual contributions of $2,500 or more help advance the work of The Paris Review Foundation. The Foundation gratefully acknowledges: 1919 Investment Counsel • Gale Arnol

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