William Carlos Williams Quotes
1883–1963 United States
William Carlos Williams (17 September 1883 – 4 March 1963) was an American poet and physician.
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Also known as: Williams, William Carlos
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Still, the profound change
has come upon them: rooted, they
grip down and begin to awaken.
Saxifrage is my flower that splits
the rocks.
If so I look for a development along these lines and will be satisfied with nothing else.
Such war, as the arts live and breathe by, is continuous.
The earth cracks and
is shriveled up;
the wind moans piteously;
the sky goes out
if you should fail.
We lived long together,
a life filled,
if you will,
with flowers.
I lie here thinking of you:— the stain of love
is upon the world!
There is no more pride
in horses or in rein holding.
I have seen it
and so have you
when it puts all flowers
to shame.
It is a flower
that will soon reach
the apex of its bloom.
The arts have a complex relation to society. The poet isn’t a fixed phenomenon, no more is his work.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Carlos Williams (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.