“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 · Life quote

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 quote card
Saint Lucian poet and playwright · 1930 – 2017

Saint Lucian poet and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992. His epic poem Omeros reimagined Homer's world in the Caribbean, and his work gave the islands' landscapes, history and Creole voices a central place in world poetry.

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