Here is the second volume in a definitive, career-spanning two-volume edition of the poems of the former U.S. Poet Laureate, which is also available as a deluxe boxed set, "The Collected Poems of W. S. Merwin" (described below).
Oracular and elegant, W. S. Merwin's poetry reveals a heightened se[...]

From a major American poet -- a thrilling story, in verse, of nineteenth-century Hawaii. The story of an attempt by the government to seize and constrain possible victims of leprosy and the determination of one small family not to be taken. A tale of the perils and glories of their flight into the w[...]

Named one of the 100 Notable Books of the Year by "The New York Times."Winner of the National Book Award for PoetryNamed by "O" as one of the "20 Books of Poetry Everyone Should Own""The poems in "Migration" speak a life-long belief in the power of words to awaken our drowsy souls and see the world [...]

"The Essential W.S. Merwin beautifully demonstrates why Merwin has been one of America's most decorated and important poets for more than 60 years."--The Washington Post "Merwin is one of the great poets of our age."--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Merwin has become instantly recognizable on [...]

W.S. Merwin is arguably the most influential American poet of the last half-century - an artist who has transfigured and reinvigorated the vision of poetry for our time. While he has long been viewed in the States as an essential voice in modern American literature, his poetry has been unavailable i[...]

W.S. Merwin was born in New York City in 1927 and grew up in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He worked as a tutor in France, Portugal, and Majorca, and has translated from French, Spanish, Latin and Portugese. He has published more than a dozen volumes of orignal poetry and several volumes of prose. Mr[...]