The Ecosystems of W.S. Merwin - 3 Quarks Daily

The Ecosystems of W.S. Merwin - 3 Quarks Daily

by Laurie Sheck 1.In the garden of the Maui home where the poet W.S. Merwin lived for the last forty years of his life, writing and translating poems, and restoring deforested land into a flourishing palm forest, there is a black stone marker engraved with his name and that of his wife, along with the four simple words “Here we were happy.” It is a remarkable story. Merwin first came to the island in 1975 to study with the Buddhist teacher Rober…