W.S. Merwin, author of over fifty books, is America's foremost poet. His last two books were honored with major literary awards: Migration won the National Book Award, and Present Company received the Bobbitt Prize from the Library of Congress.

Other poems by W.S. Merwin in Verse Daily:
June 20, 2008:   "Fresh Rose" "Fresh rose, fresh rose..."
July 12, 2005:   "To a Tortoiseshell Lyre" "Do you know how beautiful you are..."
May 12, 2005:  "Summer" ""Be of this brightness dyed..."
April 25, 2005:  "Vixen" ""Comet of stillness princess of what is over..."

For a list of books by W.S. Merwin click here.

Other poems on the web by W.S. Merwin:
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Five poems
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W.S. Merwin according to Wikipedia.