To Age
A poem by W. S. Merwin, published in <em>The Atlantic</em> in 2002
by W. S. Merwin
Jan 09, 2022
1 minute
Illustrations by Miki Lowe
The poet was—like many of us, perhaps—preoccupied with his own mortality. He wrote about it often, most famously in “”: “Every year without knowing it
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