Derek Walcott : (3)

" I grew up in a place in which, if you learned poetry, you shouted it out. Boys would scream it out and perform it and do it and flourish it. " - Derek Walcott

" Look at Allen Ginsberg. In poems like ‘Kaddish’ and ‘Howl,’ you can hear a cantor between the lines. It’s fully alive, and I think that’s what’s missing in modern poetry. It’s too dry and cerebral. " - Derek Walcott

" There’s always a need at a critical time for poetry. " - Derek Walcott