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Something Borrowed
Today my blog post will be something borrowed. There is not a writer alive who doesn't owe something to another writer. Anyone who says otherwise is lying. This is my favorite poem by my favorite poet. I hope you can like it half as much as I do.
For the Anniversary of My Death
By W. S. Merwin
Every year without knowing it I have passed the day
When the last fires will wave to me
And the silence will set out
Tireless traveler
Like the beam of a lightless star
Then I will no longer
Find myself in life as in a strange garment
Surprised at the earth
And the love of one woman
And the shamelessness of men
As today writing after three days of rain
Hearing the wren sing and the falling cease
And bowing not knowing to what
For the Anniversary of My Death
By W. S. Merwin
Every year without knowing it I have passed the day
When the last fires will wave to me
And the silence will set out
Tireless traveler
Like the beam of a lightless star
Then I will no longer
Find myself in life as in a strange garment
Surprised at the earth
And the love of one woman
And the shamelessness of men
As today writing after three days of rain
Hearing the wren sing and the falling cease
And bowing not knowing to what
and the falling cease
I'm going to use my Goodreads blog to offer some of my writing and some of my thoughts. At the moment I'm posting excerpts from my upcoming novel, Oleanders in Alaska. All comments and discussions are
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