TREES by W. S. Merwin I am looking at trees they may be one of the things I will miss most from the earth though many of the ones I have seen already I cannot remember and though I seldom embrace the ones I see and have never been able to speak with one I […]

LATE SPRING by W. S. Merwin Coming into the high room again after years after oceans and shadows of hills and the sounds of lies after losses and feet on stairs after looking and mistakes and forgetting turning there thinking to find no one except those I knew finally I saw you sitting in white […]

Hall, Donald: Kicking the Leaves Hall, Donald Kicking the Leaves (English) 1. Kicking the leaves, October, as we walk home together from the game, in Ann Arbor, on a day the color of soot, rain in the air; I kick at the leaves of maples, reds of seventy different shades, yellow like old paper; and poplar […]

The One Thing in Life by Gerald Stern Wherever I go now I lie down on my own bed of straw and bury my face in my own pillow. I can stop in any city I want to and pull the stiff blanket up to my chin. It’s easy now, walking up a flight of […]