The Poem Forest: Poet W. S. Merwin and the Palm Tree Fore...
Fountain, Carrie / Turnham, Chris Vibrant art and a poetic narration tell the tale of a US Poet Laureate who spent forty years planting the world's most comprehensive palm tree forest?and then gave it all away.All his life, William Stanley searched for a wild place of his own. Growing up in the straightened-out city blocks of his childhood and finding some respite in summer trips to a cabin in the woods, William Stanley yearned for space, fragrant soil, tall trees, and the sil...