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Article: Palm poet; A Pulitzer winner's second love: raising these beloved but threatened natives.(EARTHKEEPERS)(William Merwin)
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- American Forests
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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Driving into William Merwin's Maui palm preserve is like entering another world. Here, a few miles from Kahalui's international airport and the crowded streets of Paia, there is only bird song and the musky scent of jungle foliage. Fan-shaped leaves of Pritchardias and foxtail fronds of Wodyetia bifurcata drip after a rain shower. Sunlight barely penetrate the dense canopy, and paths are carpeted with leaves. It is a fitting refuge for a Pulitzer prize-winning poet who devotes mornings to writing and afternoons to tending his palm garden.
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Merwin and his wife Paula moved to Maui 27 years ago and purchased 18 acres in Haiku. "I had ...
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