Quote by: Derek Walcott

Memory that yearns to join the centre, a limb remembering the body from which it has been severed, like those bamboo thighs of the god.


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Author Bio


  • NameDerek Walcott
  • DescriptionPoet
  • BornJanuary 23, 1930
  • CountrySaint Lucia; United Kingdom
  • ProfessionPoet; Playwright; Writer
  • WorksOmeros
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Guggenheim Fellowship; MacArthur Fellows Program; Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire; Cholmondeley Award; Queen's Gold Medal For Poetry