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The Poem Forest: Poet W. S. Merwin and the Palm Tree Forest He Grew from Scratch
Written by Carrie Fountain
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US Poet Laureate and ecologist W. S. Merwin spent years planting the world’s most comprehensive palm-tree forest—and then gave it away as a wild space for everyone.
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Carrie Fountain
Carrie Fountain is an award-winning poet whose book Burn Lake was a National Poetry Series winner. Her work has been published in Poetry Magazine, American Poetry Review, and The New Yorker. She lives with her family in Texas.
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