Poetry Quote by W.S. Merwin — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Separation”

“So this is what I am”

“Modern poetry, for me, began not in English at all but in Spanish, in the poems of Lorca.”

“part memory part distance remaining”

“I offer you what I have my”

“I think there's a kind of desperate hope built into poetry now that one really wants, hopelessly, to save the world. One is trying to say everything that can be said for the things that one loves while there's still time.”

“The most beautiful part of your body”

“as long as there are”

“I will love you with too many commas,”

“A billion stars go spinning through the night,”

“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.”

“it's so easy to be a poet”