TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fountain,Carrie
AU  - Turnham,Chris
TI  - The poem forest: poet W. S. Merwin and the palm tree forest he grew from scratch 
SN  - 9781536211269
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Somerville, Massachusetts
PB  - Candlewick Press
KW  - Merwin, W. S.
KW  - Poets
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Tree planting
KW  - Poetry
KW  - Maui (Hawaii)
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Illustrated works
N1  - A Junior Library Guild Selection
N2  - All his life, William Stanley searched for a wild place of his own. Growing up in the straightened-out city blocks of his childhood and finding some respite in summer trips to a cabin in the woods, William Stanley yearned for space, fragrant soil, tall trees, and the silence that surrounds them. In Hawaii, he learned of acres of land depleted from toxic agricultural practices, and he became determined to restore that land and create one of the most comprehensive palm gardens in the world
ER  -