Derek Walcott discusses poetry and his play "Dream on Monkey Mountain"

First broadcast on April 11, 1972. Colonial West Indies &
Caribbean poet Derek Walcott talks about the traditions of poetry
not purely being just the written words. Poetry, says Walcott, is
also oral poetry that's found in folk songs, folk tales and calypso
music. Walcott's play, "Dream on Monkey Mountain" is about Makak,
an old hermit who lived on Monkey Mountain his whole life, and was
now being kicked off the mountain.