Roderick Aldon Walcott (23 January 1930 โ€“ 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.

Love After Love: Derek Walcottโ€™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/

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: "๐—ข๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜ -

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

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ'๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ข๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜ -

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

๐—ง๐—•๐—ฅ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ: ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€ -

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

โ€œThe 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 otherโ€™s welcome.โ€

โ€• Derek Walcott (Sea Grapes)

#quote #derekwalcott #poetry #caribbeanauthors

๐—ง๐—•๐—ฅ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ -

Who are the poets I'm most looking forward to reading this next year? Here are some!

https://buff.ly/3DBla47

#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #2025preview #tbr2025 #poetry #jennyxie #eyelevel #mosababutoha #forestofnoise #metamorphoses #ovid #derekwalcott #omeros #mohammedelkurd #rifqa #yevgenyyevtushenko

โ€œThe long look back to see where choice is bornโ€
#DerekWalcott #poetry

https://poets.org/poem/lesson-sunday

A Lesson for This Sunday

The growing idleness of summer grass

Poets.org

โ€œThe 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 otherโ€™s welcome.โ€

~ Derek Walcottโ€ฆ (from โ€œSea Grapesโ€)
#quote #caribbeanauthors #poetry #derekwalcott