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 otherโs welcome.
Derek WalcottSlowly my body grows a single sound, slowly I become a bell, an oval, disembodied vowel, I grow, an owl, an aureole, white fire poesia "Metamorfosi, I. Luna
Derek WalcottAmericans are not brought up with meter. They're not brought up with poetry. If you try to get them to recite, they're too embarrassed.
Derek Walcott