The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013 Quotes

“For there is a time in the tide of the heart, when Arrived at its anchor of suffering, a grave Or a bed, despairing in action, we ask O God, where is our home?”
― Derek Walcott, The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013

“The second Adam since the fall His germinal Corruption held the seed Of that congenital heresy that men fail According to their creed. Craftsman and castaway All heaven in his head, He watched his shadow pray Not for God’s love but human love instead.”
― Derek Walcott, The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013

“I am the man my father loved and was.”
― Derek Walcott, The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013