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William Carlos Williams

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Mothlike in mists, scintillant in the minute
brilliance of cloudless days, with broad bellying sails
they glide to the wind tossing green water
from their sharp prows while over them the crew crawls.

William Carlos Williams

“

I have discovered that most of
the beauties of travel are due to
the strange hours we keep to see them.

William Carlos Williams

“

It’s the anarchy of poverty
delights me.

William Carlos Williams

“

Old age is
a flight of small
cheeping birds
skimming
bare trees
above a snow glaze.

William Carlos Williams

“

As the rain falls
so does
your love
bathe every
open
object of the world—

William Carlos Williams

“

these
are the desolate, dark weeks
when nature in its barrenness
equals the stupidity of man.
The year plunges into night
and the heart plunges
lower than night.

William Carlos Williams

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