W.S. Merwin: Remembering

There are threads of old sound heard over and over
phrases of Shakespeare or Mozart the slender
wands of the auroras playing out from them
into dark time the passing of a few
migrants high in the night far from the ancient flocks
far from the rest of the words far from the instruments

From Migration: New and Selected Poems by W.S. Merwin (Copper Canyon, 2007). Included in Vox Populi for noncommercial educational use only.

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3 comments on “W.S. Merwin: Remembering”

Saleh Razzouk
October 8, 2021

As magnificent as ever.

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- Vox Populi
  October 8, 2021
  
  Thanks, Saleh. By the way, Vox Populi will be publishing a review of your new book soon.
  
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  - vengodalmare
    October 13, 2021
    
    I’m glad to hear it. I have read a few poems by him, I would like to read this book
    
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This entry was posted on October 8, 2021 by Vox Populi in Music, Opinion Leaders, Poetry and tagged Cremona violin, history of violin, invention of violin, Remembering, The Sarabande of Bach's Suite for Solo Cello no. 1 in G Major, W.S. Merwin, What Does the Universe Sound Like? A Musical Tour.

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