1960 – 2026 CE
Diverse voices, spoken word, confessional poetry, and new forms.
Between my finger and my thumb the squat pen rests; snug as a gun
— Seamus Heaney
"Between my finger and my thumb the squat pen rests; snug as a gun"
"The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your ..."
Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has love…
— Derek Walcott
"Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life"
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"
Deserve your dream
"Deserve your dream"
"If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excel..."
Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape
"Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape"
Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is…
"Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that ..."
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition
"Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition"
Walk on air against your better judgement
"Walk on air against your better judgement"
History says, don't hope on this side of the grave, but then, once in a lifetime the longed-for tida…
"History says, don't hope on this side of the grave, but then, once in a lifetime..."
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"
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