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It's been a long time since my last college English class, but I enjoyed Derek Walcott: "...I loved them, my children, my wife, my home; I loved them as poets
by scmoore 12y ago
It's been a long time since my last college English class, but I enjoyed Derek Walcott:
"...I loved them, my children, my wife, my home;
I loved them as poets love the poetry
that kills them, as drowned sailors the sea."
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177932 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177932
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Walcott http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Walcott
- bcostlow 12y agoA fellow Walcott fan! "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..."