WS Merwin, one of the great American poets of our time, has just died at the age of 91. I have always found his poems to be deceptively, effortlessly beautiful.
This may be a slightly strange observation, but in his photos you can see that Merwin had brilliant, light-filled eyes. His eyes looked very much the way his poems feel, to me.
Here are a few of my favourite Merwin poems.
VIXEN
NIGHT SINGING
THANKS
Photo: Tree by Martin Svedén. Used under Creative Commons license
Thank you for sharing those poems. I read quite a lot of his poetry at one time. It's a shame but I have to admit that it's taken his death to remind me to read him. I won't leave it so long this time before I do it again!
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting and glad you enjoyed the poems. I know what you mean about being reminded or prompted by someone's death to read them. It happens far too much to far too many of us! I particularly love the Merwin poems I posted, but I am no expert on his work and I too have been reminded to read more of him.
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