1960 – 2026 CE
Diverse voices, spoken word, confessional poetry, and new forms.
Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life
— Derek Walcott
"Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life"
If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excellence
— Octavio Paz
"If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excel..."
Walk on air against your better judgement
— Seamus Heaney
"Walk on air against your better judgement"
Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its ...
"Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that ..."
If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way
"If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way"
History says, don't hope on this side of the grave, but then, once in a lifetime the longed-for tida...
"History says, don't hope on this side of the grave, but then, once in a lifetime..."
What we call love is a journey through water and stars, through suffocating air
"What we call love is a journey through water and stars, through suffocating air"
Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape
"Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape"
The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door
"The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your ..."
To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears
"To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ear..."
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition
"Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition"
Deserve your dream
"Deserve your dream"
