“I will teach you my townspeople how to perform a funeral for you have it over a troop of artists unless one should scour the world you have the ground sense necessary.”
Quote by William Carlos Williams
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William Carlos Williams
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. more
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Source: The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams
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Source: The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams