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Derek Walcott
On 17th March, 2017, a dear poet, Derek Walcott passed away. He left behind a legacy of words and images. Walcott will be remembered not only as the Noble prize winning poet from the Carribean but as a rare talent who amalgamated the beauty of British, African and American language and culture in his writing.
The time will come
On 17th March, 2017, a dear poet, Derek Walcott passed away. He left behind a legacy of words and images. Walcott will be remembered not only as the Noble prize winning poet from the Carribean but as a rare talent who amalgamated the beauty of British, African and American language and culture in his writing.
Walcott's poetry has portrayed the vagaries of the human world through bodies, nature, music and details that define our existence. In the loving memory of Derek Walcott, QLC remembers one of his best poems, "Love After Love"
We will also honour his work by publishing a poem by our in-house poet, Juveria Tabassum in our next post!
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| The Tree of Love |
Love after Love
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,
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.
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| Alone, I Love On! |
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