20 Books of Poetry Everyone Should Own
Verse to reach for on a lazy evening—or a difficult day: The poetry no reader's library should be without.
By Carmela Ciuraru
2 of 20
Migration
By W.S. Merwin
545 pages;
Copper Canyon Press
The current U.S. poet laureate (see "Tree Spirit," page 176), is a master of unpunctuated style and dreamlike meditations. His work is passionate and powerful, especially on the topic of our endangered landscape.
— Carmela Ciuraru
Published 03/18/2011