W.S. Merwin & Friends: A Tribute

A benefit for Copper Canyon, February 4th in Seattle

Join us for a rare treat at Town Hall Seattle, 7pm Thursday, February 4th , when W.S. Merwin reads with four younger poets: Erin Belieu, Ben Lerner, Valzhyna Mort, and Matthew Zapruder. Proceeds support Copper Canyon Press and its mission. A commemorative broadside will be available, and a book signing will follow the event.

Purchase Tickets: $15 for the general public, $10 for students.

 

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Stephen Kuusisto

Post-Orphic

Tonight I felt it in my ribs:
A flood of green in the marrow,

And I decided to live right here
And sing sometimes.

I pulled a book from its shelf,
Held the minutiae of the world

Open like a killdeer's wings.
I've lived without names

For plants and trees.
What happens now?

What happens?