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Poem of the Week: “Native”
Red ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) Native Most afternoons of this year which is written as a number in my own hand on the white plastic labels I go down the slope where mules I never saw...
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Palm Fact of the Week: Bentinckia condapanna
Bentinckia condapanna with fruits, in native habitat Bentinckia condapanna is also known as the Hill Areca Nut palm. It is found only in Southern India and is threatened by habitat loss. This palm is...
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This Weekend: Barnes & Noble Booksellers to Give Sales Proceeds to The Merwin...
From Friday, October 23rd through Sunday, October 25th, your business at Barnes & Noble Booksellers (in-store or online) will provide funds for The Merwin Conservancy when you use code 11728268 at...
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Poem of the Week: A Contemporary
Grass on Mount Haleakalā Under Young Koa Trees A Contemporary What if I came down now out of these solid dark clouds that build up against the mountain day after day with no rain in them and lived as...
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Save the Date: Susan Casey in The Green Room Dec 4th
“Casey writes lucidly, so the rest of us can come along for the ride.” – The New York Times The Merwin Conservancy proudly presents Susan Casey, a popular science author with three bestsellers to her...
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Palm Fact of the Week: Allagoptera arenaria
Allagoptera arenaria aka “Seashore Palm” Often found just above the high-tide mark along the Atlantic coasts of its native Brazil, the Allagoptera arenaria is popularly known as the “seashore palm”....
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Poem of the Week: Looking East at Night
Looking East at Night Death White hand The moths fly at in the darkness I took you for the moon rising Whose light then do you reflect As though it came out of the roots of things This harvest pallor...
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Palm Fact of the Week: The “Walking Palm”, Socratea exorrhiza
Photo: Wanja Krah Can trees walk? This one does, in a sense. Slowly over time, the Socratea exorrhiza “walks” through the rainforest by growing new stilt-like roots at one side, and letting go of it’s...
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Poem of the Week: Among the Shadows at Home
Among the Shadows at Home Life after life at nightfall in houses I have loved I see them now here at home where I walk in shadow through open doorways from room to room leaving the lights off as I...
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Palm Fact of the Week: Tahina spectabilis
Tahina spectabilis painting by Lucy Smith Known as the “suicide palm” and “tahina palm”, the recently discovered palm species Tahina spectabilis is a gigantic palm found only in remote parts of...
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The Poetry Lab: “Hope’s Echo” by Author Julianne Warren
New Zealand in Sunlight – Photo from NASA Poetry Lab piece by Julianne Warren Introduction Studying birds helped me earn a Ph.D. in conservation biology. I’ve also written an intellectual biography...
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Poem of the Week: Presidents
Photo by Sheila Sund Presidents The president of shame has his own flag the president of lies quotes the voice of God at last counted the president of loyalty recommends blindness to the blind oh oh...
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Palm Fact of the Week: Chamaedorea seifrizii or Bamboo Palm
Chamaedorea seifrizii – Bamboo Palm The Chamaedorea seifrizii, also known as the “Bamboo Palm” or “Reed Palm”, is a relatively small, graceful palm that grows to an average of 7 feet in height. Each...
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Poem of the Week: To the Grass of Autumn
To the Grass of Autumn You could never believe it would come to this one still morning when before you noticed the birds already were all but gone even though year upon year the rehearsal of it must...
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Palm Fact of the Week: 10 Common Edible Palm Fruits
Top Row: coconut palm, date palm, acai palm. Middle Row: peach palm, oil palm, betel nut palm, Bottom Row: snake palm. jelly palm, and chilean wine palm Palms have been a source of food for many...
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Poem of the Week: To a Leaf Falling in Winter
Photo: Richard Ricciardi To a Leaf Falling in Winter At sundown when a day’s words have gathered at the feet of the trees lining up in silence to enter the long corridors of the roots into which they...
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Poem of the Week: “Sunlight on the Garden” by Louis Macneice
This weeks’ featured poem is not a W.S. Merwin poem. Rather, it is a poem selected by W.S. Merwin and recited aloud to The Merwin Conservancy’s Board of Directors, who were visiting with William on...
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Palm Fact of the Week: Actinokentia divaricata
Young fronds of the Actinokentia divaricata The Actinokentia divaricata is a small understory palm, native to the wet forest slopes of New Caledonia. These palms are noteworthy for their gracefully...
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Poem of the Week: Grace Note
Photo: Rosa Say Grace Note It is at last any morning not answering to a name I wake before there is light hearing once more that same music without repetition or beginning playing away into itself in...
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Palm Fact of the Week: Marojejya darianii or “Big Leaf Palm”
Marojejya darianii in the Merwin Palm Forest Marojejya darianii or Ravimbe (“Big Leaf Palm”) This stunning palm is endemic to northeast Madagascar swamps, where it occurs between Ampasimanolotra and...
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