Endings by Derek Walcott
"even love’s lightning flash / has no thunderous end, // it dies with the sound / of flowers fading like the flesh"
Winding Up by Derek Walcott
One of the things I promised myself was to live by the sea. Someday. Winding Up Derek Walcott I live on the water, alone. Without wife and children, I have circled every possibility to come to this: a low house by grey water, with windows always open to the
The Fist by Derek Walcott
The way I panic and can't breathe, drowning in a dream. The way I wake up gasping, not knowing where I've been. The Fist Derek Walcott The fist clenched round my heart loosens a little, and I gasp brightness; but it tightens again. When have I
Love After Love by Derek Walcott
This poem brought me to my knees years ago. It still makes me weep today. Love After Love Derek Walcott 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