We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

St. Lucian poet and playwright Derek Walcott’s Collected Poems won the 1986 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry and contains his work from 1948 to 1984. Walcott’s poetry is lush ...

Nobel Prize-winning poet Derek Walcott turned 84 this year. BBC producer Tim Dee writes about how Radio 4 and Walcott's former student Glyn Maxwell were invited to join the birthday celebrations ...

Love After Love is also the title of a poem by Nobel Prize-winning writer Derek Walcott. It is a poem about recovering from heartbreak and finding happiness again. The break-up in the novel is of ...