http://www.wordnik.com/lists/poetrie-for-the-anniversary-of-my-death.xml For the Anniversary of My Death <br />by W.S. Merwin <br /> <br />Every year without knowing it I have passed the day <br />When the <a href="/words/last">last</a> <a href="/words/fires">fires</a> will wave to me <br />And the <a href="/words/silence">silence</a> will set out <br /><a href="/words/Tireless">Tireless</a> traveller <br />Like the <a href="/words/beam">beam</a> of a <a href="/words/lightless">lightless</a> star <br /> <br />Then I will no longer <br />Find myself in life as in a <a href="/words/strange">strange</a> <a href="/words/garment">garment</a> <br />Surprised at the <a href="/words/earth">earth</a> <br />And the love of one <a href="/words/woman">woman</a> <br />And the <a href="/words/shamelessness">shamelessness</a> of men <br />As today <a href="/words/writing">writing</a> after three days of rain <br />Hearing the <a href="/words/wren">wren</a> sing and the falling <a href="/words/cease">cease</a> <br />And <a href="/words/bowing">bowing</a> not knowing to what http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/last Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:24:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/last http://www.wordnik.com/words/fires Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:24:40 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/fires http://www.wordnik.com/words/silence Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:24:38 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/silence http://www.wordnik.com/words/tireless Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:24:36 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/tireless http://www.wordnik.com/words/beam Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:24:33 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/beam http://www.wordnik.com/words/lightless Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:24:32 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/lightless http://www.wordnik.com/words/strange Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:24:28 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/strange http://www.wordnik.com/words/garment Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:24:26 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/garment http://www.wordnik.com/words/earth Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:24:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/earth http://www.wordnik.com/words/woman Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:24:17 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/woman http://www.wordnik.com/words/shamelessness Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:24:16 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/shamelessness http://www.wordnik.com/words/writing Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:24:13 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/writing http://www.wordnik.com/words/wren Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:24:11 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/wren http://www.wordnik.com/words/cease Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:24:09 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/cease http://www.wordnik.com/words/bowing Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:24:07 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/bowing