The Shadow of Sirius
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Merwin is American poetry's eminence gris--winner of every major literary prize this country offers.The New York Times - Stephen BurtAs in all of his verse since the late 1960s, Merwin does away with punctuation, letting line breaks and sense determine syntax and pace. The results suggest whispers, laments, accounts of long-ago memories, even voices from an underworld
The Nomad Flute 5Blueberries After Dark 6Still Morning 7By the Avenue 8Note 9Accompaniment 10Without Knowing 11The Song of the Trolleys 12From the Start 14Far Along in the Story 15The Pinnacle 16Child Light 18Empty Lot 20No 21The Piano 22Secrets 23A Likeness 25Raiment 26Europe 28Photographer 29Traces 31Inheritance 32A Broken Glass 34Lament for a Stone 35A Note from the Cimmerians 36A Codex 37Beyond Question 38Youth 39By Dark 43Calling a Distant Animal 44Night with No Moon 45Good Night 46At the Bend 47Into the Cloud 48Another Dream of Burial 49A Ring 50Little Soul 51Trail Marker 52Dream of Koa Returning 53Cargo 57Going 58The Curlew 59Nocturne 60Day without a Name 61Recognitions 62Escape Artist 63The Mole 64Eye of Shadow 66A Letter to Ruth Stone 67Worn Words 68A Letter to Su Tung-p'o 69Basho's Child 70The Odds 71The Long and the Short of It 72Unknown Age 73My Hand 74What the Bridges Hear 75The First Days 76Heartland 78Long Afternoon Light 79Cave 80The Morning Hills 81Cold Spring Morning 82Near Field 83To Paula in Late Spring 84Youth of Grass 85The Silence of the Mine Canaries 86Walled Place above the River 88A Horse Heaven 90One of the Butterflies 91Parts of a Tune 92Nocturne II 93White Note 94Gray Herons in the Field above the River 95No Shadow 96The Making of Amber 97September's Child 98Remembering the Wings 99Shadow Hand 100Barrade 101Into October 102Lights Out 103Falling 104Grace Note 105One Valley 106The Old Trees on the Hill 107ASingle Autumn 108Lake Shore in Half Light 109A Momentary Creed 110Rain Light 111Just This 112The Laughing Thrush 113Animula: A Late Visitation 114About the Author 117
