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“Garden Notes,” by W.S. Merwin

January 29, 2021 By Merwin Conservancy 1 Comment

Seed sprouting in Merwin Palm Forest nursery

GARDEN NOTES

All day in the garden
and at night when I wake to it
at its moment I hear a sound
sometimes little more than a whisper
of something falling
arriving
fallen
a seed in its early age
or a great frond formed
of its high days and nights
looking at the sky
made of daybreak the morning sun
and the whole of daylight
the moon and the stars and the clouds
and of the rain descending out of itself
coming down to its own leaf
there is no trace of regret
in the sound or in the stillness
after the falling
no sound
of hesitation on the way
no question and no doubt

– W.S. Merwin, from The Moon Before Morning, (Copper Canyon Press, 2014). Copyright 2014 by W.S. Merwin.

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  1. Lynn Hatcher says

    April 3, 2021 at 7:55 pm

    At present, his words are powerful and necessary.

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