itbeobachterLiterarischer #17März
„The time will come when,
with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other’s welcome.
#DerekWalcott #SeaGrapes Tod 2017
David GraylessRoderick Aldon Walcott (23 January 1930 – 6 March 2000) was a #StLucian playwright, screenwriter, painter, theatre director, costume and set designer, lyricist and literary editor. As a dramatist he "has been recognised as one of the most committed figures in the effort to develop a distinctive Caribbean theatre in the region". He was the twin brother of Nobel laureate #DerekWalcott.
The MarginalianLove After Love: Derek Walcott’s Poetic Ode to Relearning to Be at Home in Ourselves After Heartbreak
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/01/27/love-after-love-derek-walcott/
If Birds Ran the World
Waywords Studio𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗢𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 -
Walcott's epic poetic work is at once a refiguring of Homer and the colonial history of St. Lucia, of the indigenous everywhere, of the myths which mark poet and people. An extraordinary layering of all.
#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #read #book #readreadread #derekwalcott #poetry #omeros #homer #stlucia #caribbeanliterature #epicpoetry #colonialism #magicalrealism #visionquest
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗢𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 -
An epic poetic work of seven small volumes combined as quest, immigration challenge, and literary escape, multiple themes interweaving in probably Walcott's greatest work.
#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #poetry #derekwalcott #epicpoetry #omeros #caribbeanliterature
𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -
A few of the titles I'll be looking at this month! (And some more surprises this month, too!)
#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #derekwalcott #omeros #vietthanhnguyen #therefugees #akwaekeemezi #pet #marlonjames #blackleopardredwolf #simonjimenez #spearcutsthroughwater #matthewsmith #hardears #thomasmann #deathinvenice
formuchdeliberation“The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other’s welcome.”
― Derek Walcott (Sea Grapes)
𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 -
Who are the poets I'm most looking forward to reading this next year? Here are some!
#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #2025preview #tbr2025 #poetry #jennyxie #eyelevel #mosababutoha #forestofnoise #metamorphoses #ovid #derekwalcott #omeros #mohammedelkurd #rifqa #yevgenyyevtushenko
katrintheresa“The long look back to see where choice is born”
#DerekWalcott #poetry
