W.S. Merwin

Hi (virtual) friends, I’m sorry for my recent absence, but not TOO sorry– I’ve been in sunny California, and it is marvelous.  Mountains, oceans, cool breezes, lots of good food… it’s been wonderfully vacation-y. And yet, I am still making time to share this gorgeous poem with you.  It is by W.S. Merwin, who was just named the new U.S. Poet Laureate, a job the Library of Congress describes as ““the nation’s official lightning rod for the poetic impulse of Americans.”  Merwin currently lives atop a dormant volcano in Maui; it’s unclear whether he will relocate to...

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