Poem reading by Derek Walcott, Nobel Laureate in Literature

The 1992 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature Derek Walcott reads his poem 'Sea Grapes' from "Collected Poems 1948-1984". To learn more about Derek Walcott, the Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature 1992, visit: nobelprize.org/...

[@ValTyalin]

RIP Derek Walcott. Thank you one of our esteemed Caribbean poets.

[@ollen580]

SEA GRAPES
That little sail in light
which tires of islands,
a schooner beating up the Caribbean
for home, could be Odysseus,
home-bound on the Aegean,
that father and husband’s
longing, under gnarled sour grapes, is
like the adulterer hearing Nausicaa’s name
in every gull’s outcry;
This brings nobody peace. The ancient war
between obsession and responsibility
will never finish and has been the same
for the sea-wanderer or the one on shore
now wriggling on his sandals to walk home,
since Troy lost its old flame,
and the blind giant’s boulder heaved the trough
from whose ground-swell the great hexameters come
to finish up as Caribbean surf.
The classics can console. But not enough.

[@richardeason3199]

Truly astonishing achievement. Thank you, Mr. Walcott, for the beauty of your words. May you Rest In Peace.

[@WinkyWillyWee]

Walcott is in the upper strata with Homer, Virgil, Dante, Shakespeare. He is one of the great wonders of the world.

[@lozoft9]

One of my favorite poets of all time

[@ruchpat1]

Thank you Nobel Prize for posting this video.

[@theloniouscoltrane3778]

a great and incisive poet...long live Walcott!

[@josevanjea9764]

Rest In Peace Hon. Sir Derek Walcott

[@AlgerLandau]

Great poet, I like his voice and the way he said his poem.

[@PoetryETrain]

Thank you, Derek, this has been added to a playlist...

[@SuperRongil]

Great Poet...I must emulate

[@itgetseasierlessitry]

Writers are not often the best readers of their own work.

[@Hendrixleft]

awesome

[@TheIda011]

Well put. We are currently working on a documentary about Derek Walcott called "Poetry is an island". Check out the trailer on my page and let me know what you think.

[@eurosiageorge1167]

I'm from his country St.lucia

[@maklakicha]

I LOVE HIM !!!