My mother said I'd be alone
and when I cried (she said)
I'd be Columbus of my ships
and sail the garden round
the tears that fell into my hand.


Islands (1969). The Cracked Mother

Kamau Brathwaite Quotes

My mother said I'd be alone and when I cried (she said) I'd be Columbus of my ships and sail the garden round the tears that fell into my hand.

My mother said I'd be alone and when I cried (she said) I'd be Columbus of my ships and sail the garden round the tears that fell into my hand.

My mother said I'd be alone and when I cried (she said) I'd be Columbus of my ships and sail the garden round the tears that fell into my hand.

My mother said I'd be alone and when I cried (she said) I'd be Columbus of my ships and sail the garden round the tears that fell into my hand.