Thought for the Day

I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received.

~ Antonio Porchia (Trans. W.S. Merwin)

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Quoted from Voices (2003) by Antonio Porchia, as Translated by W.S. Merwin, in The Essential W.S. Merwin, Edited by Michael Wiegers (Copper Canyon Press, 2017), page 16

Antonio Porchia (1885-1986), Argentinian Poet

W.S. Merwin, Poet, Translator, Environmental Activist, 2010 Poet Laureate of the United States

Voices at Copper Canyon Press