US Library of Congress Names W.S. Merwin New US Poet Laureate
I am so pleased that the new poet laureate of the United States is one of my favorite poets, the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and a National Book Award, W.S. Merwin, who follows Kay Ryan as the nation’s 17th laureate and will be paid $35,000. He’s a brilliant choice and a brilliant poet who will do a great job bringing poetry to the populace.
Merwin, 82, attended Princeton University where he studied with poet John Berryman. In 1976, he moved to Hawaii in 1976 to study Zen Buddhism. One of the reasons I love his writing is because it is full of spirituality and nature; this is also why I am looking forward to his programming as poet laureate.
And since I’ve written about Merwin a few times on this blog, and posted some of his poems and youtubes of him reading, I am going to simply post two links for you to enjoy.
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