Derek Walcott, the great poet of the 20th century, speaks about the themes that have accompanied him throughout his life: his love for Western literature, the complex colonial history of the Caribbean, the strange experience of new love, and the sometimes terrifying beauty of nature. In doing so, he expands the possibilities of rhyme and rhythm, of poetic form and language. The result is a moving cycle: his poems are a celebration of beauty, love, art, and - perhaps most surprisingly - aging.