Modern poetry, for me, began not in English at all but in Spanish, in the poems of Lorca.
W. S. MerwinPolitically it would be terribly repressive to prevent people from having as many children as they want. But something's got to prevent it; and it won't be pleasant... We're still behaving in ways that have become disastrous... I don't think this helps us to survive... We're very species-centric... and now exist at the expense of every other form of life on Earth.
W. S. MerwinI wouldn't be happy about being considered a love poet or an environmental - I don't want any of those tags.
W. S. Merwin