#merwinconservancy

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

This is one of the oldest depictions of Stonehenge in existence, and the first to have been drawn on site :: (with thanks to britishlibrary)

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The Solstice

They say the sun will come back at midnight after all my one love

but we know how the minutes fly out into the dark trees and vanish

like the great ʻōhiʻas and honey creepers and we know how the weeks walk into the shadows at midday

at the thought of the months I reach for your hand it is not something one is supposed to say

we watch the bright birds in the morning we hope for the quiet daytime together the year turns into air

but we are together in the whole night with the sun still going away and the year coming back

~ W.S. Merwin, from his book The Rain in the Trees, (Alfred Knopf, 1988). © 2017 by W. S. Merwin (with thanks to the merwinconservancy)

[hawaiiianstore]

In the palm forest, nature creates it’s own umbrellas. #merwinconservancy, #palmforest, #arainyday, #hawaiianrainforest, #dahawaiianstore (at The Merwin Conservancy)

[poulober]

Tbt to an unforgettable evening at the stunning Liljestrand House. Billy Collins was reading his poems and I was trying not be distracted by the view. Thank you @robertbecker3 and @jstersurf for including me. #billycollins #poetlaureate #liljestrandhouse #honolulu #hawaii #merwinconservancy #tbt (at Liljestrand House)

[hawaiiianstore]

Did you know that September 30 in the state of Hawaii has now been named WS Merwin Day? It honors W.S. Merwin, a U.S. Poet Laureate, two-time winning Pulitzer prize winner, environmentalist and resident on Maui for 40 years. We would like to wish him a Happy 90th Birthday and send our congratulations! #merwinconservancy, #hawaiidays, #amazingpoet, #poetlaureate (at Wailea-Makena, Hawaii)