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W.S. Merwin was a U.S. poet laureate, an environmental activist, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and the author of more than twenty-five books of poetry. He and his wife restored their Hawaii home, the site of a former pineapple plantation, to acres of native palm trees. He died in March 2019 at the age of ninety-one.
These days I can see us clinging to each other / as we are swept along by the current
June 2020Guess which of your organs recognize it. Guess whether it is welcomed to their temples. Guess how it figures in their prayers. Guess how completely you become what you eat. Guess how soon.
July 2019Listen / with the night falling we are saying thank you / we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings / we are running out of the glass rooms / with our mouths full of food to look at the sky / and say thank you
November 2010Has something we published moved you? Fired you up? Did we miss the mark? We’d love to hear about it.
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