The speaker of one of his poems declares, "either I'm nobody
The speaker of one of his poems declares, "either I'm nobody or I'm a nation"; that poem, narrated by Shabine, is called "The Schooner Flight." In another poem, he describes Kikuyu feeding "upon the bloodstreams of the veldt" and ends by asking how he can "turn from [the title location] and live," entitled "A Far Cry from Africa." Corporal Lestrade arrests the charcoal burner Makak in one of his plays. In addition to the poetry collections The Star-Apple Kingdom and In a Green Night and the play Dream on Monkey Mountain, he wrote a long poem featuring the fishermen Hector and Achille, which was based on The Iliad and The Odyssey. FTP, identify this writer from St. Lucia, best known for Omeros.
The speaker of one of his poems declares, "either I'm nobody
Derek {Walcott}