This man described his ambitions as a poet by claiming, "I seek /
This man described his ambitions as a poet by claiming, "I seek / As climate seeks its style, to write/ Verse crisp as sand, clear as sunlight." Upon moving to America, he remarked "Everybody in NewYork is in a sitcom. / I'm in a Latin American novel," and wrote "Yet the south felt like home." Poemsmore famous than "A Lesson for This Sunday" and "Origins" see him "blow out the light / by thedreamless face of Maria Concepcion / to ship as a seaman," "curse the drunken officer of (*) Britishrule," and claim "The classics can console. But not enough." He wrote a rumination on "the disjectamembra of the great house" and another poem that asks "How can I face such slaughter and be cool?"and notes "the gorilla wrestles with the superman." For 10 points, name this author of "A Far Cry FromAfrica" and the epic Omeros.
This man described his ambitions as a poet by claiming, "I seek /
Derek Walcott