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William Carlos Williams Quotes

The Earth cracks and is shriveled up; the wind moans piteously; the sky goes out if you should fail Picture Quote #1

By the road to the contagious hospital under the surge of the blue mottled clouds driven from the northeast - a cold wind Picture Quote #1

Among the rain and lights I saw the figure 5 in gold on a red firetruck moving tense unheeded to gong clangs siren howls and wheels rumbling through the dark city Picture Quote #1

I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold Picture Quote #1

He’s come out of the man and he’s let the man go - the liar dead his eyes rolled up out of the light - a mockery which love cannot touch - just bury it and hide its face for shame Picture Quote #1

Prose may carry a load of ill defined matters like a ship. But poetry is the machine which drives it, pruned to a perfect economy Picture Quote #1

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Of asphodel, that greeny flower, like a buttercup upon its branching stem - save that’s green and wooden - I come, my sweet, to sing to you Picture Quote #1

Only give me time, time to recall them before I shall speak out. Give me time, time Picture Quote #1

Endless wealth, I thought, held out its arms to me. A thousand tropics in an apple blossom. The generous Earth itself gave us lief. The whole world became my garden! Picture Quote #1

A profusion of pink roses bending ragged in the rain speaks to me of all gentleness and its enduring Picture Quote #1

Your thighs are apple trees whose blossoms touch the sky. Which sky? the sky where Watteau hung a lady’s slipper Picture Quote #1

It is difficult to get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there Picture Quote #1

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The instant trivial as it is is all we have unless - unless things the imagination feeds upon, the scent of the rose, startle us anew Picture Quote #1

Afraid lest he be caught up in a net of words, tripped up, bewildered and so defeated - thrown aside - a man hesitates to write down his innermost convictions Picture Quote #1

When they ask me... How I have for so many years continued an equal interest in medicine and the poem. I reply that they amount for me to nearly the same thing Picture Quote #1

Their story, yours and mine - it’s what we all carry with us on this trip we take, and we owe it to each other to respect our stories and learn from them Picture Quote #1

The poem springs from the half spoken words of the patient... When asked, how I have for so many years continued an equal interest in medicine and the poem, I reply that they amount for me to nearly the same thing Picture Quote #1

For there is a wind or a ghost of wind in all books echoing the life there, a high wind that fills the tubes of the ear until we think we hear a wind, actual Picture Quote #1

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And there grows in the mind a scent, it may be, of locust blossoms whose perfume is itself a wind moving to lead the mind away Picture Quote #1

The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic Picture Quote #1

Covertly the hands of a great clock go round and round! Were they to move quickly and at once the whole secret would be out and the shuffling of all ants be done forever Picture Quote #1

Either I exist or I do not exist, and no amount of pap which I happen to be lapping can dull me to the loss Picture Quote #1

It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages Picture Quote #1

Everyone in this life is defeated but a man, if he be a man, is not defeated Picture Quote #1

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One thing I am convinced more and more is true, and that is this: The only way to be truly happy is to make others happy. When you realize that and take advantage of the fact, everything is made perfect Picture Quote #1

Poetry demands a different material than prose. It uses another facet of the same fact … the spontaneous conformation of language as it is heard Picture Quote #1

Poets are being pursued by the philosophers today, out of the poverty of philosophy. God damn it, you might think a man had no business to be writing, to be a poet unless some philosophic stinker gave him permission Picture Quote #1

My first poem was a bolt from the blue … it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. … it filled me with soul satisfying joy Picture Quote #1

It’s a strange courage you give me ancient star: Shine alone in the sunrise toward which you lend no part! Picture Quote #1

So much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens Picture Quote #1

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The Earth cracks and is shriveled up; the wind moans piteously; the sky goes out if you should fail (William Carlos Williams Quotes) By the road to the contagious hospital under the surge of the blue mottled clouds driven from the northeast - a cold wind (William Carlos Williams Quotes) Among the rain and lights I saw the figure 5 in gold on a red firetruck moving tense unheeded to gong clangs siren howls and wheels rumbling through the dark city (William Carlos Williams Quotes) I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold (William Carlos Williams Quotes) He’s come out of the man and he’s let the man go - the liar dead his eyes rolled up out of the light - a mockery which love cannot touch - just bury it and hide its face for shame (William Carlos Williams Quotes) Prose may carry a load of ill defined matters like a ship. But poetry is the machine which drives it, pruned to a perfect economy (William Carlos Williams Quotes) Of asphodel, that greeny flower, like a buttercup upon its branching stem - save that’s green and wooden - I come, my sweet, to sing to you (William Carlos Williams Quotes) Only give me time, time to recall them before I shall speak out. Give me time, time (William Carlos Williams Quotes) Endless wealth, I thought, held out its arms to me. A thousand tropics in an apple blossom. The generous Earth itself gave us lief. The whole world became my garden! (William Carlos Williams Quotes) A profusion of pink roses bending ragged in the rain speaks to me of all gentleness and its enduring (William Carlos Williams Quotes) Your thighs are apple trees whose blossoms touch the sky. Which sky? the sky where Watteau hung a lady’s slipper (William Carlos Williams Quotes) It is difficult to get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there (William Carlos Williams Quotes) The instant trivial as it is is all we have unless - unless things the imagination feeds upon, the scent of the rose, startle us anew (William Carlos Williams Quotes) Afraid lest he be caught up in a net of words, tripped up, bewildered and so defeated - thrown aside - a man hesitates to write down his innermost convictions (William Carlos Williams Quotes) When they ask me... How I have for so many years continued an equal interest in medicine and the poem. I reply that they amount for me to nearly the same thing (William Carlos Williams Quotes) Their story, yours and mine - it’s what we all carry with us on this trip we take, and we owe it to each other to respect our stories and learn from them (William Carlos Williams Quotes) The poem springs from the half spoken words of the patient... When asked, how I have for so many years continued an equal interest in medicine and the poem, I reply that they amount for me to nearly the same thing (William Carlos Williams Quotes) For there is a wind or a ghost of wind in all books echoing the life there, a high wind that fills the tubes of the ear until we think we hear a wind, actual (William Carlos Williams Quotes) And there grows in the mind a scent, it may be, of locust blossoms whose perfume is itself a wind moving to lead the mind away (William Carlos Williams Quotes) The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic (William Carlos Williams Quotes) Covertly the hands of a great clock go round and round! Were they to move quickly and at once the whole secret would be out and the shuffling of all ants be done forever (William Carlos Williams Quotes) Either I exist or I do not exist, and no amount of pap which I happen to be lapping can dull me to the loss (William Carlos Williams Quotes) It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages (William Carlos Williams Quotes) Everyone in this life is defeated but a man, if he be a man, is not defeated (William Carlos Williams Quotes) One thing I am convinced more and more is true, and that is this: The only way to be truly happy is to make others happy. When you realize that and take advantage of the fact, everything is made perfect (William Carlos Williams Quotes) Poetry demands a different material than prose. It uses another facet of the same fact … the spontaneous conformation of language as it is heard (William Carlos Williams Quotes) Poets are being pursued by the philosophers today, out of the poverty of philosophy. God damn it, you might think a man had no business to be writing, to be a poet unless some philosophic stinker gave him permission (William Carlos Williams Quotes) My first poem was a bolt from the blue … it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. … it filled me with soul satisfying joy (William Carlos Williams Quotes) It’s a strange courage you give me ancient star: Shine alone in the sunrise toward which you lend no part! (William Carlos Williams Quotes) So much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens (William Carlos Williams Quotes)

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