“On the last day
I would want to plant a tree”
“Appointed United States Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress in 2010, William Stanley Merwin had a career that spanned seven decades.
A poet, translator, gardener and environmental activist, Merwin has become one of the most widely read and honored poets in America.
He died at home at the age of 91,
in the house he built, among the thousands of palms he planted,
on Friday, March 15, 2019.”
In Loving Memory of
William Stanley Merwin