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Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)
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From the Introduction by Randall Jarrell:
"When you have read Paterson you know for the rest of your life what it is like to be a waterfall; and what other poet has turned so many of his readers into trees?"
I like "Dedication for a Plot of Ground," a tribute to Emily Dickinson, which ends with "If you can bring nothing to this place / but your carcass, keep out."
And of course this from the beginning of "Love Song":
"I lie here thinking of you:-- / the stain of love / is upon the world!"
Not just any poet can use an exclamation point.
More to come. . .
"When you have read Paterson you know for the rest of your life what it is like to be a waterfall; and what other poet has turned so many of his readers into trees?"
I like "Dedication for a Plot of Ground," a tribute to Emily Dickinson, which ends with "If you can bring nothing to this place / but your carcass, keep out."
And of course this from the beginning of "Love Song":
"I lie here thinking of you:-- / the stain of love / is upon the world!"
Not just any poet can use an exclamation point.
More to come. . .
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July 17, 2007
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April 11, 2009
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