Poetry: Front & Center

In a world where it seems like there’s one bit of bad news after another, it’s truly wonderful to know that poetry is still valued by the government & citizens of our nation. This week a new US Poet Laureate was named, W. S. Merwin, 82, of Hawaii. NPR has an interview with him and The New York Times covered his appointment on its’ front page. Nice to see Poetry front & center for a change.

If you listen to the NPR interview you will hear him read his poem, “Separation,” but I just can’t wait to share it, so here it is!

Separation

Your absence has gone through me
like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128245738
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/books/01poet.html