Description
Spanning more than three decades, this landmark anthology gathers poems selected from seven earlier collections alongside the complete text of a major autobiographical long poem. Across its pages, Caribbean landscapes, travel, history, colonial identity, memory, art, and the tensions between inherited cultures and personal belonging are rendered with remarkable musicality and vivid detail. The poems move between intimate reflection and expansive narrative, balancing classical and mythic resonance with the textures of ordinary life. Together, they trace the evolution of a singular poetic voice whose beauty, intellectual depth, and narrative force established its lasting place in contemporary literature.
Available Editions
paperback
The Noonday Press
Published Jan 1, 1986
515 pages
ISBN: 0374520259
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Details
First Published
1986
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Collected Poems, 1948-1984 by Derek Walcott.