And yet one arrives somehow,
finds himself loosening the hooks of
her dress
in a strange bedroom-
feels the autumn
dropping its silk and linen leaves
about her ankles.
The tawdry veined body emerges
twisted upon itself
like a winter wind . . . !

(C) William Carlos Williams
01/01/2000


Best Poems of William Carlos Williams

• The Gentle Man
• Libertad! Igualdad! Fraternidad!
• Death The Barber
• A Goodnight
• The Pot Of Flowers
• A Celebration
• Light Hearted William
• Metric Figure
• The Dark Day
• The Term
• Peace On Earth
• Sicilian Emigrant-s Song
• The Crowd At The Ball Game
• Romance Moderne
• Queen-annes Lace
• Danse Russe
• To Have Done Nothing
• Sicilian Emigrants Song
• Peasant Wedding
• Blizzard
• Primrose