Books by W.S. Merwin
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English
review 1: Merwin at times at his best, with poems about childhood memories, loss, mortality and the resonance of a natural moment. Wisdom hangs at times in the spaces that emerge along words that fore and aft connect ideas within his practically patented short lines and extended run-on sen...
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English
review 1: I feel I've really missed something completely, or perhaps it's the fact that I either didn't understand the poems, or I simply have a bad taste in poetry. Perhaps it's a combination of all of these factors.To put it shortly, I didn't see what was so magnificent or wonderful abou...