W.S. Merwin on PBS

  • Poet W. S. Merwin recites ‘Rain Light’ among the lush palms at his Maui home – PBS Newshour
    W. S. Merwin, a former U.S. Poet Laureate, reads his poem “Rain Light” from his home in Hawaii.
  • The Journal: W. S. Merwin – Bill Moyers
    On the heels of winning the Pulitzer prize for poetry, W.S. Merwin joins Bill Moyers for a wide-ranging conversation about language, his writing process…
  • How poet W.S. Merwin found paradise by planting palm trees – PBS Newshour
    In the ’70s, W.S. Merwin bought part of an old pineapple plantation. Little by little, he and his wife planted trees, turning the garden into a palm …
  • W.S. Merwin: A Passion for Poetry and the Natural World – PBS Newshour
    W.S. Merwin is one of the nation’s greatest living poets and is the author of more than 50 books. In a house he built on the island of Maui, …
  • W.S. Merwin on Becoming the New Poet Laureate – PBS Newshour
    Jeffrey Brown has a conversation with W.S. Merwin, who was appointed as the 17th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry by The Library of …