Wish
July 6, 2023Vehicles
July 6, 2023Whenever I Go There
Whenever I go there everything is changed
The stamps on the bandages the titles
Of the professors of water
The portrait of Glare the reasons for
The white mourning
In new rocks new insects are sitting
With the lights off
And once more I remember that the beginning
Is broken
No wonder the addresses are torn
To which I make my way eating the silence of animals
Offering snow to the darkness
Today belongs to few and tomorrow to no one
W. S. Merwin
W.S. Merwin (1927-2019) was an American poet, translator, and environmental activist. Merwin's poetry often dealt with themes of nature, spirituality, and memory, and his most famous works include "The Carrier of Ladders" and "The Lice." He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1971 and 2009.