di Derek Walcott (Castries, 1930 – Cap Estate, 2017)
Sono perseguitato da siepi d’oleandro rosa
lungo le strade siciliane, le loro consonanti di ghiaia
sotto le ruote, da pile di pietre ... https://cctm.website/derek-walcott-santa-lucia/
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗢𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 -
An epic poetic work of seven small volumes combined as quest, immigration challenge, and literary escape, multiple themes interweaving in probably Walcott's greatest work.
#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #poetry #derekwalcott #epicpoetry #omeros #caribbeanliterature
𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -
A few of the titles I'll be looking at this month! (And some more surprises this month, too!)
#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #derekwalcott #omeros #vietthanhnguyen #therefugees #akwaekeemezi #pet #marlonjames #blackleopardredwolf #simonjimenez #spearcutsthroughwater #matthewsmith #hardears #thomasmann #deathinvenice
“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.”
― Derek Walcott (Sea Grapes)
𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 -
Who are the poets I'm most looking forward to reading this next year? Here are some!
#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #2025preview #tbr2025 #poetry #jennyxie #eyelevel #mosababutoha #forestofnoise #metamorphoses #ovid #derekwalcott #omeros #mohammedelkurd #rifqa #yevgenyyevtushenko
“The long look back to see where choice is born”
#DerekWalcott #poetry
“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.”
~ Derek Walcott… (from “Sea Grapes”)
#quote #caribbeanauthors #poetry #derekwalcott
Miraba un viejo cuaderno y recupero algunos apuntes sobre el taller literario que dictó Alejandro Finzi en la Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Transcribo algunas anotaciones:
Prefiero que escriban en papel y se rompan la muñeca, ahí está el oficio de escritor.
¿Por qué son escritores?
Porque antes que nada, son lectores voraces. Si no tienen la necesidad de tener un libro en la mano, ¿Por qué ser escritor?
El libro para un escritor es el pan.
La materia es la palabra. La fuente está en la lectura.
Y también este poema, de Derek Walcott
Desenlace
Yo vivo solo
al borde del agua sin esposa ni hijos.
He girado en torno a muchas posibilidades
para llegar a lo siguiente:
una pequeña casa a la orilla de un agua gris,
con las ventanas siempre abiertas
hacia el mar añejo. No elegimos estas cosas.
Más somos lo que hemos hecho.
Sufrimos, los años pasan
dejamos caer el peso pero no nuestra necesidad
de cargar con algo. El amor es una piedra
que se asentó en el fondo del mar
bajo el agua gris. Ahora, ya no le pido nada a
la poesía sino buenos sentimientos
ni misericordia, ni fama, ni curación. Mujer silenciosa,
podemos sentarnos a mirar las aguas grises,
y en una vida inmaculada
por la mediocridad y la basura
vivir al modo de las rocas.
Voy a olvidar la sensibilidad,
olvidaré mi talento. Esto será más grande
y más difícil que lo que pasa por ser la vida.
https://conletrapropia.com.ar/el-libro-para-un-escritor-es-el-pan/
Today's poem:
The Fist
- by Derek Walcott
The fist clenched round my heart
loosens a little, and I gasp
brightness; but it tightens
again. When have I ever not loved
the pain of love? But this has moved
past love to mania. This has the strong
clench of the madman, this is
gripping the ledge of unreason, before
plunging howling into the abyss.
Hold hard then, heart. This way at least you live.
#DerekWalcott #poetry #love #trepidation #control #fear #grip
Re-sharing for the weekend crowd. The official link to our lovely #OpenAccess collection, 'Minoritised Languages and Travel' in the Modern Languages Open journal.
https://modernlanguagesopen.org/collections/minoritised-languages-and-travel
This is a collection of 5 essays + introduction that explore frictions between traveller and travelee as well as the inherent instability of social, cultural and language hierarchies.
#TravelWriting #ModernLanguages #Romantodons #MinorityLanguages #MinorityCulture #Tourism #History #Travelguide #Diary #Wales #Ireland #Germany #France #Spain #Catalonia #Caribbean #DerekWalcott #Poetry
The fourth article is
“A language of wet stones and mists”: The Caribbean Poet as a Traveller in Wales and England
by Marija Bergam Pellicani
Abstract
This article examines Derek Walcott’s “travel poems” about Wales and England from the collections The Fortunate Traveller (1981) and Midsummer (1984) through the prism of Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of littérature mineure. [...] In their engagement with the Welsh and English “Elsewhere” these poems ultimately participate in transvaluation of the relationship between centre and periphery, a dynamics that marked the most significant Anglophone literary currents in the second part of the twentieth century.
#TravelWriting #Wales #England #Caribbean #DerekWalcott #ModernLanguages #Poetry #OpenAccess
@histodons @academicchatter
https://modernlanguagesopen.org/articles/10.3828/mlo.v0i0.198
Today's poem:
The Fist
- by Derek Walcott
The fist clenched round my heart
loosens a little, and I gasp
brightness; but it tightens
again. When have I ever not loved
the pain of love? But this has moved
past love to mania. This has the strong
clench of the madman, this is
gripping the ledge of unreason, before
plunging howling into the abyss.
Hold hard then, heart. This way at least you live.
#fist #DerekWalcott #pain #love #desperation #grip #emotions #ClosedDown #suppressed #poetry
Literarischer #23Januar
„The future happens. No matter how much we scream.“
#DerekWalcott #TheOdyssey Geburt 1930
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