Nobel Prize-winning poet Derek Walcott recently wrote a poignant poem, aptly titled “Forty Acres,” to celebrate Barack Obama’s election. Read it here.
November 15, 2008...8:16 pm
Forty Acres: Derek Walcott’s Poem for Barack Obama
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November 26, 2008 at 8:03 pm
I just read the poem. It’s very beautiful. I’m so happy about Obama’s victory, a victory for us all. Like Michelle Obama, for the first time in my adult life, I, too, am proud of my country. Tom