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Omeros
by Derek Walcott
This book is more than a book. It is a remarkable poetic feat. Walcott retells the story of Homer's Odyssey in modern times, using a tiny island and its inhabitants as the setting and characters. And here's something that is truly remarkable about it--just about the whole thing (a couple hundred pages) rhymes. You don't notice that it rhymes, because the story itself is so absorbing. I'm definitely not somebody who believes that poetry has to rhyme, but anybody who can create an epic poem with a sound narrative structure AND rhyme and meter pretty much running through the whole thing has created a masterpiece. I recommend pulling out your old high school or college copy of Odyssey and reading that before reading this. It will enrich the experience.