Weekly Poem: 'From the Start'

**By W.S. Merwin** Who did I think was listening when I wrote down the words in pencil at the beginning words for singing to music I did not know and people I did not know would read them and stand to sing them already knowing them while they sing they have no names   "W.S. Merwin":http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/entertainment/poetry/profiles/poet_merwin.html is the Library of Congress' "17th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry":http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2010/07/ws-merin-appointed-as-next-poet-laureate.html. He has had a prolific writing career, crafting more than 50 books of verse, translations, memoirs and more. Jeffrey Brown plans to catch up with Merwin in the coming days for a segment. You can watch our 2008 profile of Merwin "here":http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec08/merwin_12-29.html.