Garden Time - Hardcover

Merwin, W. S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1556594992 ISBN 13: 9781556594991

Publisher: Copper Canyon Press, 2016

Synopsis

"There are few great poets alive at any one time, and W.S. Merwin is one of them. Read him." —The Guardian

"There are few great poets alive at any one time, and W.S. Merwin is one of them. Read him." —The Guardian

"Merwin has attained a transcendent and transformative elevation of beaming perception, exquisite balance, and clarifying beauty." —Booklist, starred review of The Moon before Morning

"Merwin has become instantly recognizable on the page." —Helen Vendler, The New York Review of Books

W.S. Merwin composed Garden Time during the difficult process of losing his eyesight. When he could no longer see well enough to write, he dictated his new poems to his wife, Paula. In this gorgeous, mindful, and life-affirming book, our greatest poet channels energy from animated sounds and memories to remind us that "the only hope is to be the daylight."

From "A Breath of Day":

Last night I slept on the floor of the sea
in an unsounded part of the ocean
in the morning it was a long way up
through the dark streets of a silent country
with no language in its empty houses
until I had almost reached the surface
of a morning that I had never seen
then a breeze came to it and I began
to remember the voices of young leaves . . .

W.S. Merwin served as Poet Laureate of the United States and has received every major literary accolade, including two Pulitzer prizes, most recently for The Shadow of Sirius (Copper Canyon), and the National Book Award for Migration: New and Selected Poems (Copper Canyon). He lives in Hawaii.

About this title

About the Author:

W. S. Merwin: W.S. Merwin served as Poet Laureate of the United States and has received every major literary accolade, including two Pulitzer prizes, most recently for The Shadow of Sirius (Copper Canyon) and the National Book Award for Migration: New and Selected Poems (Copper Canyon).

Review:

'There are few great poets alive at any one time, and W.S. Merwin is one of them. Read him while he is still contemporary' - Fiona Sampson, Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1556594992
• ISBN 13: 9781556594991
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96