Quote by: W. S. Merwin

Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you've lost the whole thing.


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Author Bio


  • NameW. S. Merwin
  • DescriptionAmerican poet
  • BornSeptember 30, 1927
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer; Translator
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; PEN Translation Prize; Bollingen Prize; Pulitzer Prize For Poetry; National Book Award