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William Carlos Williams
(1883 - 1963 / New Jersey / United States)
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''By the road to the contagious hospital
under the surge of the blue
mottled clouds driven from the
northwest—a cold wind.''
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William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), U.S. poet. Spring and All (l. 1-4). . .
The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams; Vol. 1, 1909-1939. A....
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''Then he whirled about
bounded
into the air
and with an entrechat
perfectly achieved
completed the figure.''
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William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), U.S. poet. The Artist (l. 11-15). . .
New Yorker Book of Poems, The. (1969) The Viking Press. (Paperback edit...
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Kicking and rolling about
the Fair Grounds, swinging their butts, those
shanks must be sound to bear up under such
rollicking measures, prance as they dance
in Breughel's great pic...
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William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), U.S. poet. The Dance (l. 8-12). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3...
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''Afraid lest he be caught up in a net of words, tripped up, bewildered and so defeated—thrown aside—a man hesitates to write down his innermost convictions.''
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William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), U.S. poet. Journal entry for July 7, 1929. The Embodiment Of Knowledge (1974).
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''I saw the figure 5
in gold
on a red
firetruck''
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William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), U.S. poet. The Great Figure (l. 3-6). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert ...
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''You said, Unless there is some spark, some
spirit we keep within ourselves, life, a
continuing life's impossible—and it is all
we have. There is no other life, only the one.''
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William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), U.S. poet. The Horse Show (l. 8-11). . .
New Oxford Book of American Verse, The. Richard Ellmann, ed. (1976) ...
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just like you sitting
there they come and talk to me, just the same.
They come to bother us. Why? I said I don't
know. Perhaps to find out what we are doing.
Jealous, do you ...
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William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), U.S. poet. The Horse Show (l. 13-17). . .
New Oxford Book of American Verse, The. Richard Ellmann, ed. (1976)...
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''Oh is that
all? I tho't it was something else. Oh
they jump and run too. I wish you had been
there, I was so interested to hear about it.''
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William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), U.S. poet. The Horse Show (l. 39-42). . .
New Oxford Book of American Verse, The. Richard Ellmann, ed. (1976)...
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''The business of love is
cruelty which,
by our wills,
we transform
to live together.''
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William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), U.S. poet. The Ivy Crown (l. 38-42). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, ed...
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''Sure
love is cruel
and selfish
and totally obtuse—
at least, blinded by the light,
young love is.''
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William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), U.S. poet. The Ivy Crown (l. 71-76). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, ed...
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