Monday, April 11, 2011

The Locust Tree in Flower


(William Carlos Williams, twice appointed poet laureate,
in 1948 and 1952, but served neither time because of
a series of strokes)

THE LOCUST TREE IN FLOWER

Among
of
green

stiff
old
bright

broken
branch
come

white
sweet
May

again

~ William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), American poet and practicing physician
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1 comment:

  1. WondermachineSeptember 16, 2011 at 11:06 PM

    Hi there. Unfortunately you've continued to pass along an unfortunate myth about William Carlos Williams inability to "serve" as poet laureate. It was not due to strokes but the way in which the Library itself succumbed to the right-wing witch hunt of the period. This history is VERY well documented and serves as one of the Library of Congress's sadder chapters. For more on this see Whittemore's biography of WCW, or the Library's own volume "The Catbird Seat." Online there's also
    http://washingtonart.com/beltway/fourlaureates.html

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