The Moon before Morning W. S. Merwin
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press

The Moon Before Morning, Merwin's latest book of poems, is a coda to his 2008 book The Shadow of Sirius. An hour before sunrise on Friday, 6 November finds the old waning crescent Moon in conjunction with Jupiter in the southeast. HOMECOMING [this is the opening poem]. The Moon Before Morning (Hardcover). The Moon Before Morning by W S Merwin, 9781556594533, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor: 'Elegy for a Walnut Tree' by for a Walnut Tree" by W.S. Seen Venus or Mars yet in the east before dawn? Each morning before dawn, because the moon is moving eastward in orbit around Earth, the moon appears closer to the sunrise glare. The trademark Merwin is still here in The Moon Before Morning (Copper Canyon, 2014). Before sunrise this Friday, October 9, Venus will briefly hide behind the moon, For about an hour, the moon will travel past Venus blocking it from view. Merwin's latest, "The Moon Before Morning". Merwin's new collection -- this is the publisher's copy: The Moon before Morning is a love letter composed in a stunning rush of memory. Merwin, from The Moon Before Morning.