It should not be so hard to write both poetry and fiction. Both arts, after all, make use of the same materials, words and punctuation. Poems...
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Nobel Prize Winner Derek Walcott's "Omeros" is a stunning epic poem set in the Caribbean. The beauty of the poetry is its finest feature -- the writing and rhyme are deftly and creatively accomplished. With a complicated, inventive wit, characters named Achille, Hector, and, of course, Helen, begin the story. Before it ends, the tale ranges the world, although the emphasis remains on Western peoples.
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Omeros by Derek Walcott
Lover of Epics, January 4, 2011
Nobel Prize Winner Derek Walcott's "Omeros" is a stunning epic poem set in the Caribbean. The beauty of the poetry is its finest feature -- the writing and rhyme are deftly and creatively accomplished. With a complicated, inventive wit, characters named Achille, Hector, and, of course, Helen, begin the story. Before it ends, the tale ranges the world, although the emphasis remains on Western peoples.