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

“from what we cannot hold the stars are made”

“Utterance”

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

“Separation”

“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.”

“So this is what I am”

“Ce bine că eşti, ce mirare că sunt!”

“Now begins to rise in me the familiar rhythm; words that have lain dormant now lift, now toss their crests, and fall and rise, and falls again. I am a poet, yes. Surely I am a great poet.”

“The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you”

“Always in my love, sudden night.”

“how silly of me”

“Now a promise made is a debt unpaid,”