Monologue

W. S. MerwinW. S. Merwin

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Heart
as we say
meaning it literally
and you dohear it when
we speak
for the voice addressing you
is your ownthough we know now
that the you
we are speaking to
is not the person
we imagine
yet we go on telling youday after day of the person
we imagine
ourselves to beforgetting as we tell you
learning even from joy
but forgetting
and you hearwho is speaking
you hear it all
though you do not listen
W. S. Merwin
About the poet

W. S. Merwin

1927 - Present/AmericanWilliam Stanley Merwin is an American poet. During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin's unique craft was thematically characterized by indirect, unpunctuated narration. In the 80s and 90s, Merwin's writing influence derived from his in…

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