Omeros the epic.

Occasionally I'm asked about the name Omeros and why I chose it as my company name. It's Greek for Homer and is the title of an epic poem by Derek Walcott. I attended a lecture given by Walcott in 2000. I'll never forget one of his lines - "Don't fuck with my poetry." When I was deciding on a company name, I'd written a list of 30. I glanced up at my bookshelf and saw Omeros, added it to the list...and voila.

"And that was where I had come from. Pride in my craft.
Elevating myself. I slid, and kept falling

towards the shit they stewed in; all the poets laughed,
jeering with dripping fingers; then Omeros gripped
my hand in enclosing marble and his strength moved

me away from that crowd, or else i might have slipped
to that backbiting circle, mockers and self-loved."