William Stanley Merwin Remember Poems
- 1. The Source
There in the fringe of trees between
the upper field and the edge of the one
below it that runs above the valley
one time I heard in the early
... - 2. Any Time
How long ago the day is
when at last I look at it
with the time it has taken
to be there still in it
... - 3. Air
Naturally it is night.
Under the overturned lute with its
One string I am going my way
Which has a strange sound.
... - 4. The Ships Are Made Ready In Silence
Moored to the same ring:
The hour, the darkness and I,
Our compasses hooded like falcons.
... - 5. When You Go Away
When you go away the wind clicks around to the north
The painters work all day but at sundown the paint falls
Showing the black walls
The clock goes back to striking the same hour
... - 6. Shore Birds
While I think of them they are growing rare
after the distances they have followed
all the way to the end for the first time
tracing a memory they did not have
... - 7. Whenever I Go There
Whenever I go there everything is changed
The stamps on the bandages the titles
Of the professors of water
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