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William Carlos Williams was an American poet born on September 17, 1883, and died on March 4, 1963. His poetry style emphasized colloquialism and the depiction of everyday life, which had a profound impact on American poetry.

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Famous William Carlos Williams Quotes

“Old age is a flight of small cheeping birds skimming bare trees above a snow glaze. Gaining and failing they are buffeted by a dark wind - But what? On harsh weedstalks the flock has rested - the snow is covered with broken seed husks and the wind tempered with a shrill piping of plenty.”

Age Dark Failing Tree Wind Broken Bird Seeds Snow Old Age Flight Plenty Covered Harsh Flocks Skimming Bare Trees

Author:William Carlos Williams

“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.”

Light Moving Dark Cities Saws Figures Red Rain Gold Wheels Tense Howl Sirens Gongs Dark City

Book:The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams

Source: The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams

“Houses - the dark side silhouetted on flashes of moonlight!”

Night House Sides Dark Darkness Sunset Flash Moonlight Dark Side

Book:The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams

Source: The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams

“The Moon, the dried weeds and the Pleiades - Seven feet tall the dark, dried weed stalks make a part of the night a red lace on the milky blue sky”

Night Dark Darkness Feet Sky Moon Red Blue Seven Tall Weed Stalking Blue Sky Lace

Author: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.”

Men Years Heart Night Dark Week Stupidity Plunge Desolate Stupidity Of Man

Book:Rigor of Beauty: Essays in Commemoration of William Carlos Williams

Source: Rigor of Beauty: Essays in Commemoration of William Carlos Williams

About the Author

Born: September 17, 1883
Died: March 4, 1963
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 161

Books & Sources

The Collected Poems of William Carlos WilliamsRelated source material

The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams: 1939-1962Related source material

ImaginationsRelated source material

The William Carlos Williams ReaderRelated source material

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Asphodel, that Greeny Flower & Other Love PoemsRelated source material

In the American GrainRelated source material

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The Selected Letters of William Carlos WilliamsRelated source material

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