Renewal

<p>Much admired by Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, the poetry of the St Lucian poet <strong>Irvin Desir</strong> is published here for the first time. Often visionary, these poems contain such images as “fireflies heave for heaven” and “you filled this cluttered room like a handful of clove”. Published in only a few anthologies during his life, this posthumous collection at last brings to our attention a voice too long unknown.</p><p><strong><em>Islander vii</em></strong></p><p>I shall see you through the cold shoreline<br> where the wind carries and slides over the sand</p><p>wherever we search death haunts us<br> everywhere the distracted petals have gone</p><p>our words fade, fade like mist over the mountain<br> our words add to the silence like lifting dust.</p>