In a poem by this author, the speaker spots Alexander Blok in a movie theater waiting to see a spaghetti Western.
In a poem by this author, the speaker spots Alexander Blok in a movie theater waiting to see a spaghetti Western. This author described a group of men "eating their islands," one of them bearing "a politician's / ignorant, sweet smile," at the end of a poem whose speaker realizes that "there are homecomings without home." This author asked "why should a man wax tears, when his wooden world fails?" in a poem set "after the hot gospeller has leveled all but the churched sky." This author wrote a poem about the "ancient war between obsession and responsibility," the former represented by the title sour (*) fruit, in a poem admonishing: "The classics can console. But not enough." This author's poem about Shabine, who declares that "I have Dutch, [a racial slur], and English in me, and either I'm nobody, or I'm a nation," is titled "The Schooner Flight." This author's best-known short poem asks "How can I face such slaughter and be cool? How can I turn from Africa and live?" For 10 points, name this author of "A Far Cry from Africa," a poet from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia.
In a poem by this author, the speaker spots Alexander Blok in a movie theater waiting to see a spaghetti Western.
Derek Walcott [or Derek Alton Walcott]