"There are few great poets alive at any one time, and W.S. Merwin is one of them. Read him." —The Guardian
"There are few great poets alive at any one time, and W.S. Merwin is one of them. Read him." —The Guardian
"Merwin has attained a transcendent and transformative elevation of beaming perception, exquisite balance, and clarifying beauty." —Booklist, starred review of The Moon before Morning
"Merwin has become instantly recognizable on the page." —Helen Vendler, The New York Review of Books
W.S. Merwin composed Garden Time during the difficult process of losing his eyesight. When he could no longer see well enough to write, he dictated his new poems to his wife, Paula. In this gorgeous, mindful, and life-affirming book, our greatest poet channels energy from animated sounds and memories to remind us that "the only hope is to be the daylight."
From "A Breath of Day":
Last night I slept on the floor of the sea
in an unsounded part of the ocean
in the morning it was a long way up
through the dark streets of a silent country
with no language in its empty houses
until I had almost reached the surface
of a morning that I had never seen
then a breeze came to it and I began
to remember the voices of young leaves . . .
W.S. Merwin served as Poet Laureate of the United States and has received every major literary accolade, including two Pulitzer prizes, most recently for The Shadow of Sirius (Copper Canyon), and the National Book Award for Migration: New and Selected Poems (Copper Canyon). He lives in Hawaii.
8 有用 Adieudusk 2016-10-28 07:24:34
十星二十星一百星!是我这些年读到的最好的新诗集,他做到了庞德没有做到的,唐诗与中世纪游吟诗的精髓在最近几年的几本诗集里越来越醇净,这本最好。让我有点想翻译了,虽然昨天才承诺五年内绝不接任何翻译邀约了。
0 有用 杜鹏 2017-07-27 06:29:56
Merwin太棒了! 乐感即禅意!
0 有用 孤山饮雾 2022-11-16 10:44:17 浙江
诗太好了!简淡朴素深远,不停返回的生死、回忆、时间主题,还是更喜欢默温晚年的诗。
0 有用 叶也眠 2019-12-31 06:15:40
只要生活中还有诗// 时间湍流中的永恒一刻,是许许多多其他时刻的回声交响,但又永不重来、无法凝固,当下的确凿,当下的惘然。
0 有用 謐辻 2024-03-09 21:16:04 上海
The going of brightness. The forgetting of our summer.
0 有用 Nil 2024-04-16 11:23:04 美国
没有办法喜欢上不喜欢默温的人。。。
0 有用 謐辻 2024-03-09 21:16:04 上海
The going of brightness. The forgetting of our summer.
0 有用 寶寶批判 2023-07-04 16:45:12 上海
但我還是害怕變老
0 有用 孤山饮雾 2022-11-16 10:44:17 浙江
诗太好了!简淡朴素深远,不停返回的生死、回忆、时间主题,还是更喜欢默温晚年的诗。
0 有用 纯白之黑 2022-06-02 02:18:26
压箱底那么久终于全翻一遍了!耶!希望慢慢多译成一些吧,乱搞了一大堆结果多数都不太行(;へ:)