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âOne of Americaâs greatest living poets.ââThe Washington Post Book World
âMerwin keeps his language simple but his perceptions complex. Classical in their lines of inquiry and restraint yet vital in their attunement to the here and now, these personal odes and musings on daily existence and the cycles of life are, by turns, bemused and exalted . . . each poem infuses the collection with buoyancy and light.ââBooklist
Now in paperback, W.S. Merwinâs latest masterworkâwhich reviewers have described as âmeditative,â âplayful,â and âlithely beautifulââguides readers to universal themes through worldly specifics. Akin to Pablo Nerudaâs Elemental Odes, every poem in Present Company directly addresses the people and things of daily life, as in âTo the Thief at the Airportâ or âTo Lingering Regrets.â
âTo This Mayâ
They know so much more now about
the heart we are told but the world
still seems to come one at a time
one day one year one season and here
it is spring once more with its birds
nesting in the holes in the walls
its morning finding the first time
its light pretending not to move
always beginning as it goes
About: âOne of Americaâs greatest living poets.
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