Posts Tagged ‘W.S. Merwin’
Garden Time by W.S. Merwin
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Garden Time by W.S. Merwin This book came out in 2016, and the author, William Merwin, wrote this book during a time in his life when he was losing his eyesight and when his eyes failed him. He actually dictated his poems to his wife, Paula. When I…
Read MoreGardener and Poet William Merwin on a Humorous Moment Between Robert Louis Stevenson and King Kalakaua
“In 2010, William and his wife, Paula, co-founded the Merwin Conservancy at his home in Haiku, Maui.” September 30, 1927 On this day, American poet WS Merwin, who always went by William, was born. In 2010, William and his wife, Paula, co-founded the Merwin Conservancy at his home in Haiku, Maui. While researching William, I…
Read MoreA Garden is Not the Wilderness
by W.S. Merwin Obviously a garden is not the wilderness but an assembly of shapes, most of them living, that owes some share of its composition, it’s appearance, to human design and effort, human conventions and convenience, and the human pursuit of that elusive, indefinable harmony that we call beauty. It has a life of…
Read MoreCome Back
by W.S. Merwin Come back believer in shade believer in silence and elegance believer in ferns believer in patience believer in the rain Note: Today is the birthday of the American poet WS Merwin, who always went by William, and who was born on this day in 1927. In 2010, Merwin and his…
Read MoreOn the Last Day of the World
by W.S. Merwin On the last day of the world, I would want to plant a tree. Note: Today is the birthday of the American poet WS Merwin, who always went by William, and who was born on this day in 1927. In 2010, Merwin and his wife, Paula, co-founded the Merwin…
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