1960 – 2026 CE
Diverse voices, spoken word, confessional poetry, and new forms.
What we call love is a journey through water and stars, through suffocating air
— Octavio Paz
"What we call love is a journey through water and stars, through suffocating air"
History says, don't hope on this side of the grave, but then, once in a lifetime the longed-for tida…
— Seamus Heaney
"History says, don't hope on this side of the grave, but then, once in a lifetime..."
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition
"Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition"
Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is…
— Derek Walcott
"Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that ..."
Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape
"Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape"
"If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excel..."
Walk on air against your better judgement
"Walk on air against your better judgement"
"The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your ..."
If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll f…
"If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way"
Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has love…
"Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life"
Between my finger and my thumb the squat pen rests; snug as a gun
"Between my finger and my thumb the squat pen rests; snug as a gun"
To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to…
"To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ear..."
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