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Kwame Dawes Reads Derek Walcott

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Reflections on Poetry, Mortality, and the Body in Before Winter

A deep dive into the themes of mortality and the body in a poem titled Before Winter, where the poet emphasizes the importance of immortalizing fleeting moments in verse and contemplates on the inevitable cycle of life and death.

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