W. S. Merwin (1927–2019) was born in New York City. His book Migration: Selected Poems 1951–2001 won the National Book Award for poetry in 2005, and he has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. In 2010 Merwin was named Poet Laureate of the United States, and in 2013 he was the first recipient of the International Zbigniew Herbert Prize. Merwin lived and worked in Hawaii, where he maintained a garden of rare and endangered palm trees.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Gift, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2021–2022
- Exercise, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2017–2018
- To the New Year, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2015–2016
- Thanks, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2015–2016
- Pe‘ahi Poems, poetry, in Fall 2014
- Letter to Ruth Stone, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2010–2011
- The Morning, an ipoem, in Spring 2010
- Accompaniment, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2008–2009