Derek Walcott - That's another pompous expression that is out of fashion, to say that poetry is ...

Derek Walcott Zitate

That's another pompous expression that is out of fashion, to say that poetry is a gift. It sounds pompous because you say, 'Who gave you the gift, and what is this gift?' And the gift is where I am; the gift is what I have come out of, the people around me who, I think, are beautiful people.

Derek Walcott

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Das ist ein anderer pompöser Ausdruck, der aus der Mode kommt, um zu sagen, dass Poesie ein Geschenk ist. Es klingt pompös, weil Sie sagen: "Wer hat Ihnen das Geschenk gegeben, und was ist dieses Geschenk?" Und das Geschenk ist, wo ich bin. Das Geschenk ist das, aus dem ich gekommen bin, die Leute um mich herum, die, denke ich, schöne Menschen sind.

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