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Born in September 17, 1883 / Died in March 4, 1963 / United States / English

Poems by William Carlos Williams

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from "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"

... and every man who wants to die at peace in his bed ...

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The Poem

... eyes—waking centrifugal, centripetal ...

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Tract

... and inconspicuously too!Then briefly as to yourselves: ...

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Sympathetic Portrait Of A Child

... from mid-thigh to ankle— Why has she chosen me ...

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To A Friend

... the baby hard to find a father for! What will the good Father in Heaven say ...

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To Waken An Old Lady

... seed husks and the wind tempered ...

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Heel & Toe To The End

... at and sang and when he emerged from that one hundred eight minutes off ...

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Dedication For A Plot Of Ground

... attained a final loneliness and—If you can bring nothing to this place ...

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A Celebration

... it moves—not into April—into a second March, the old skin of wind-clear scales dropping ...

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Après le Bain

... you one) O.K. (I wishyou'd wig- ...

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Complete Destruction

... We buried the cat,then took her boxand set fire to itin the back yard ...

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The Desolate Field

... a goat stirs with nozzle searching the ground ...

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The Cold Night

... . . In April I shall see again—In April! ...

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Aux Imagistes

... Hear them! They hold you from behindYou shall not take wing ...

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Romance Moderne

... trees counter rain-light-rocks or— Myriads of counter processions ...