WS MERWIN in conversation with Paul Holdengräber LIVE from the NYPL


www.nypl.org/live In July of 2010, the Library of Congress named WS Merwin to serve at the 17th Poet Laureate of the United States. LIVE from the NYPL is honored to welcome WS Merwin for a far-ranging conversation with Paul Holdengräber on his extraordinary career as a poet and translator and to read some of his earliest and some of his most recent work. Please join us in celebrating WS Merwin before his upcoming reading at the Library of Congress as Poet Laureate. Introduced by John Burnham Schwartz


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Poetry Everywhere: "Yesterday" by WS Merwin


WS Merwin reads his poem "Yesterday." Part of the Poetry Everywhere project airing on public television. Produced by David Grubin Productions and WGBH Boston, in association with the Poetry Foundation. Filmed at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival. For more information, visit www.pbs.org


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WS Merwin at Poets House on The Life of the Imagination


On October 21, 2010, the new US Poet Laureate WS Merwin visited with public librarians at Poets House in a free program in which he spoke about his commitment to the environment and the importance of introducing poetry to children, among other subjects.


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The Poet's View -- WS Merwin


Purchase the full DVD at: www.poets.org/dvd The Poet's View offers unprecedented access into the life and work of some of America's finest poets. These films are warmly insightful portraits recorded in the personal setting of each poet's home and at various locations. The Poet's View offers an up-close invitation into the day-to-day life of the poet and an opportunity to hear poems read by the author. The series was produced by the Academy of American Poets with generous assistance from the Wallace Stevens Fund. The director/producer was Mel Stuart, whose credits include the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and many critically acclaimed documentaries. The full series is available on DVD, and includes portraits of John Ashberry, Louise Gluck, Anthony Hecht, Kay Ryan, and WS Merwin.


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Merwin Reservoir Early Season Kokanee, Columbia Springers & Cut Plug Herring Demo


Learn techniques for winter kokanee on Merwin Reservoir in southern Washington with guide, Cameron Black and then catch spring chinook on the Columbia River. Includes a bonus segment with Phil Pirone of Pro-Cure demonstrating how to rig a cut plug herring to cut back on missing short biting salmon.


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TEDxMaui - WS Merwin - Connections


About the Speaker William S. Merwin has become one of the most widely read and honored poets of our time. In an illustrious career spanning six decades (and counting), Merwin has received many honors, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1971, 2009); the Tanning Prize, one of the highest honors bestowed by the Academy of American Poets; and the Golden Wreath of the Struga Poetry Evenings. In 2010, he was appointed United States Poet Laureate. Merwin is also a translator, gardener and environmental activist. For nearly 30 years, he has lived on Maui in a home he designed and help build. Surrounded by acres that erosion, logging and toxic agricultural practices had depleted, he lovingly restored the land, transforming it into one of the most comprehensive palm forests in the world—a future sanctuary called The Merwin Conservancy. Recorded at TEDxMaui 2012, held on January 22, 2012 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.


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Adventure on Lake Merwin - Part One


Glad tidings to all my friends and viewers! Won't you join me on my solo Lake Merwin adventure? Watch as I journey by automobile, foot and finally by raft on this fine summer Sunday. Oh, how I need to get away from it all from time to time! In part one, I make ready and launch my raft into Speelyai Bay. My plan is to row over two miles out into the center of the lake and around the bend to find a landing where I can have a marvelous mid-day meal and enjoy the peace and simplicity of my surroundings. I hope you enjoy this look into a magnificent day of my life, a day which I will be remembering for many years to come. Perhaps you will be inspired to escape from your own confines and venture forth on an adventure of your choosing, away from the helter skelter of modern life! Note on the soundtrack: All of the music is from The Last of the Mohicans original motion picture soundtrack by Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman and is without a doubt some of the greatest music ever written and performed. This setting in which I placed myself often transports me to another time when existence was much simpler, but also rife with war and the passions that fuel life and death. This music always helps me to find that "happy place".


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WS Merwin - My Friends


WS Merwin reads his poem My Friends My Friends by WS Merwin (1927-) My friends without shields walk on the target It is late the windows are breaking My friends without shoes leave What they love Grief moves among them as a fire among Its bells My friends without clocks turn On the dial they turn They part My friends with names like gloves set out Bare handed as they have lived And nobody knows them It is they that lay the wreaths at the milestones it is their Cups that are found at the wells And are then chained up My friends without feet sit by the wall Nodding to the lame orchestra Brotherhood it says on the decorations My friend without eyes sits in the rain smiling With a nest of salt in his hand My friends without fathers or houses hear Doors opening in the darkness Whose halls announce Behold the smoke has come home My friends and I have in common The present a wax bell in a wax belfry This message telling of Metals this Hunger for the sake of hunger this owl in the heart And these hands one For asking one for applause My friends with nothing leave it behind In a box My friends without keys go out from the jails it is night They take the same road they miss Each other they invent the same banner in the dark They ask their way only of sentries too proud to breathe At dawn the stars on their flag will vanish The water will turn up their footprints and the day will rise Like a monument to my Friends the forgotten


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Adventure on Lake Merwin - Part Two


Glad tidings to all my friends and viewers! Won't you join me on my solo Lake Merwin adventure? Watch as I journey by automobile, foot and finally by raft on this fine summer Sunday. Oh, how I need to get away from it all from time to time! In part one, I make ready and launch my raft into Speelyai Bay. My plan is to row over two miles out into the center of the lake and around the bend to find a landing where I can have a marvelous mid-day meal and enjoy the peace and simplicity of my surroundings. I hope you enjoy this look into a magnificent day of my life, a day which I will be remembering for many years to come. Perhaps you will be inspired to escape from your own confines and venture forth on an adventure of your choosing, away from the helter skelter of modern life! Note on the soundtrack: All of the music is from The Last of the Mohicans original motion picture soundtrack by Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman and is without a doubt some of the greatest music ever written and performed. This setting in which I placed myself often transports me to another time when existence was much simpler, but also rife with war and the passions that fuel life and death. This music always helps me to find that "happy place". (part 2 of 2)


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MERWIN , HULBERT & CO 44-40 POCKET ARMY


HERE A REAL COWBOY OFFICERS PISTOL FROM THE PAST . ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS BROUGHT IT IN FOR ME TO FONDLE TODAY. 44-40 WITH A REAL HAIR TRIGGER . A REAL PIECE OF HISTORY .BROUGHT TO YOU BY CAPT RICK AND KRAZY45CAT . THERE IS A NEW COMPANY MAKING REPRODUCTIONS OF THIS WITH DIFFERENT LENGHT BARRELS . THIS A REAL ONE NOT A REPRODUCTION. THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ENJOY SOME A REAL PIECE OF HISTORY . ALOT OF MACHINE WORK WENT IN TO THIS ALEAST 100 YRS AGO


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Merwin Kokanee & Columbia River Springers


An episode of Angler West TV from southern Washington's Merwin Reservoir & the Columbia River. Learn effective kokanee techniques on Merwin Reservoir and then join guides Jerry Brown & Steve Leonard for some Columbia River spring chinook fishing. The 2011 NSIA Spring Classic Derby is covered as well.


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WS Merwin at Poets House: On foxes


On October 21, 2010, the new US Poet Laureate WS Merwin visited with public librarians at Poets House in a free program in which he spoke about his commitment to the environment and the importance of introducing poetry to children, among other subjects.


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Get Surly At Merwin's - Video Contest


Written, directed, shot, edited, and delivered by Jimmy Morrissey, Josh Hacohen, and Simon Maye of Miami Ad School. Hoping to get a sweet taste of that Surly from Merwins.


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A Chat with Poet Laureate WS Merwin - Part 1


Editor of The Kenyon Review, David Lynn, and poetry editor of The Kenyon Review, David Baker, chat with Poet Laureate and recipient of the 2010 Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement, WS Merwin.


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Merwin Hulbert Model 2 Barrel Animation


An animation showing how the replaceable barrels function on the Merwin Hulbert revolvers. Model 2 Open Top Pocket Army shown. For more info on the revolvers and ordering, visit: www.merwinhulbertco.com Animation by Salient Technologies, Inc. www.salient-tech.com


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WS Merwin with Michael Silverblatt, 18 April 2012


The entire reading and conversation is at our website: podcast.lannan.org WS Merwin, poet, translator, and environmental activist, has become one of the most widely read poets in America, with a career spanning five decades. The son of a Presbyterian minister, for whom he began writing hymns at the age of five, Merwin went to Europe as a young man and developed a love of languages that led to work as a literary translator. He currently holds the position of US Poet Laureate. In this episode, WS Merwin read from his work, then joined in conversation with Michael Silverblatt.


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1776 - "The Lees of Old Virginia", Merwin Foard, Michael McCormick, David Huddleson


Here's "The Lees of Old Virginia," from the 1997 Broadway revival of "1776," performed by Merwin Foad, Michael McCormick, and David Huddleson.


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WS Merwin with Naomi Shihab Nye, 18 October 2000


This is a brief intro to this event. The full event can be found at podcast.lannan.org and podcast.lannan.org WS Merwin poet, translator, and environmental activist, has become one of the most widely read poets in America, with a career spanning five decades. The son of a Presbyterian minister, for whom he began writing hymns at the age of five, Merwin went to Europe as a young man and developed a love of languages that led to work as a literary translator. Over the years, his poetic voice has moved from the more formal and medieval to a more distinctly American voice. WS Merwin's recent poetry is perhaps his most personal, arising from his deeply held anti-imperialist, pacifist, and environmentalist beliefs. In 2005 he will have three new books: Migration: Selected Poems 1951-2001; a book of poems called Present Company; and the memoir Summer Doorways which chronicles his days as a student in seminary school and at Princeton, through the next years spent as a tutor for children of privilege living abroad. William Merwin was the recipient of the 2004 Lannan Literary Lifetime Achievement Award.


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Six-Guns of the Old West: NRA National Firearms Museum Curator's Corner


www.nramuseum.org Merwin Hulberts forgotten six-gun of the Old West. Jim Supica, director of the National Firearms Museum, joins John Popp to showcase the Colt Single-Action Army, or the classic six-gun, and similar Remington and Smith & Wesson models. Supica also brings a lesser-known gun from the 1880s that was manufactured by a company called Merwin Hulbert. http


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Doc Merwin Blues Band @ Cafe Nine in New Haven, CT - Trk 1


Bourbon Street Jazz & Blues featuring Doc Merwin Blues Band @ Cafe Nine in New Haven, CT - First track producer-host Big Daddy Gilford director-camera-edit DJ A-Train [Andrew Calhoun] camera Rocky Lawrence Joey Podsiadlo transportation Gordon Silva news Evan Goodenow assistant Carol Allen special thanks to City Nights Entertainment and Club Zero Network Music


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Merwin Reservoir Kokanee


As seen on Angler West TV. Shasta Tackle Sling Blades, Wiggle Hoochies, and Mack's Lure Wedding Rings, get it done for kokanee & trout on Merwin Reservoir.


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Doc Merwin Blues Band @ Cafe Nine in New Haven, CT - Trk 2


Bourbon Street Jazz & Blues featuring Doc Merwin Blues Band @ Cafe Nine - New Haven, CT - Trk 2 producer-host Big Daddy Gilford director-camera-edit DJ A-Train [Andrew Calhoun] camera Rocky Lawrence Joey Podsiadlo transportation Gordon Silva news Evan Goodenow assistant Carol Allen special thanks to City Nights Entertainment and Club Zero Network Music


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A Chat with Poet Laureate WS Merwin - Part 2


Editor of The Kenyon Review, David Lynn, and poetry editor of The Kenyon Review, David Baker, chat with Poet Laureate and recipient of the 2010 Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement, WS Merwin.


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Merwin Dirt Bike Racing


Now I know why guys who ride in the dirt do so well converting to road racing....


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A Tribute to WS Merwin at the 92nd Street Y


www.92Y.org Recorded October 10, 2005 at the 92nd Street Y.


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A Chat with Poet Laureate WS Merwin - Part 3


Editor of The Kenyon Review, David Lynn, and poetry editor of The Kenyon Review, David Baker, chat with Poet Laureate and recipient of the 2010 Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement, WS Merwin.


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Melanie and Derwin {Merwin- (Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee)


These two have crazy chemistry and the song "In My Mind" went so perfectly with the scene


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Monster | Drake Merwin


It's Drake. We love him. 'Nuff said. This is purely for fun and I own nothing.


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WS Merwin at Poets House: "Only a forest can grow a forest"


On October 21, 2010, the new US Poet Laureate WS Merwin visited with public librarians at Poets House in a free program in which he spoke about his commitment to the environment and the importance of introducing poetry to children, among other subjects.


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Lake Merwin Campers Hideaway


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