Love After Love - A poem by Derek Walcott


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Derek Walcott - Love After Love

The time will come 
when, with elation 
you will greet yourself arriving 
at your own door, in your own mirror 
and each will smile at the other's welcome, 

and say, sit here. Eat. 
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart 
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you 

all your life, whom you ignored 
for another, who knows you by heart. 
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf, 

the photographs, the desperate notes, 
peel your own image from the mirror. 
Sit. Feast on your life.

Added: on July 31st, 2008 at 1:39 PM | Viewed: 13303 times | Comments (21)

Love After Love - Comments and Information
Poet: Derek Walcott Poem: Love After Love Comment 21 of 21, added on November 20th, 2009 at 1:42 AM. poem zis poem veri goot i likee very slipe from China Comment 20 of 21, added on September 25th, 2009 at 6:43 AM. this poem really opens up to hearts but is hard to understand and is very confusing but after reading it through a few times it is easier and heart warming and real feminine poetry lucie from United Kingdom Comment 19 of 21, added on July 31st, 2008 at 1:39 PM. What is the name of the 12th century Sufi poet that is supposed to have written this poem sandy leonard from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Love After Love , has received 21 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Derek Walcott with others on the Poetry Connection poetry forum!

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Love After Love Last read: 2009-11-23 21:46:23 Viewed 13303 times. Added on July 31st, 2008 at 1:39 PM.

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