Flower & Hand
Poems, 1977-1983
By W. S. Merwin
(Copper Canyon Press, Paperback, 9781556591198, 175pp.)
Publication Date: October 1996
Categories: American - General
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Description
Poetry. FLOWER & HAND collects all of Merwin's poetry from "The Compass Flower (1977), "Feathers from the Hill" (1981), and "Opening the Hand" (1983), returning to print a large body of work following "The Second Four Books" (Copper Canyon Press, 1993) by a poet who, over half a century, has redefined American poetry.
About the Author
W.S. Merwin is the author of over fifty books of poetry, prose, and translations. He has earned every major literary prize, most recently the National Book Award for Migration: New and Selected Poems. He lives in Hawaii where he raised endangered palm trees.











