Classic and Contemporary Poets

WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

Poems found: 955

IT IS A SMALL PLANT

A FLOWING RIVER

A MAN TO A WOMAN

APPROACH OF WINTER

DEDICATION FOR A PLOT OF GROUND

WHEN STRUCTURE FAILS RHYME ATTEMPTS TO COME TO THE RESCUE

FINE WORK WITH PITCH AND COPPER

EDUCATION A FAILURE

FOR ELEANOR AND BILL MONAHAN

IN SAN MARCO, VENEZIA

LE MEDECIN MALGRE LUI

MEMORY OF APRIL

MISTS OVER THE RIVER

OL' BUNK'S BAND

ON A PROPOSED TRIP SOUTH

ON ST. VALENTINE'S DAY

PATERSON: BOOK 1. THE DELINEAMENTS OF GIANTS

PATERSON: BOOK 2. SUNDAY IN THE PARK

PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL: 4. THE ADORATION OF THE KINGS

PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN AT HER BATH

RALEIGH WAS RIGHT (1944 VERSION)

SICILIAN EMIGRANT'S SONG

SPARROWS AMONG DRY LEAVES

ST. FRANCIS EINSTEIN OF THE DAFFODILS (FIRST VERSION)

SYMPATHETIC PORTRAIT OF A CHILD

THE CATS' MONTH

THE DECEPTRICES

THE DESOLATE FIELD

THE MENTAL HOSPITAL GARDEN

THE HOUNDED LOVERS

THE LATE SINGER

THE LOCUST TREE IN FLOWER (FIRST VERSION)

THE MARRIAGE OF SOULS

THE RAPER FROM PASSENACK

THE SAVAGE BEAST

THE SEA-ELEPHANT

THE THREE GRACES

THE USES OF POETRY

THE WANDERER: A ROCOCO STUDY (FIRST VERSION)

THE YOUNG LAUNDRYMAN

TIME THE HANGMAN

TO A DEAD JOURNALIST

TO A DOG INJURED IN THE STREET

TO A SOLITARY DISCIPLE

TO BE CLOSELY WRITTEN ON A SMALL PIECE OF PAPER

TO FORD MADOX FORD IN HEAVEN

TO FREIGHT CARS IN THE AIR

TO MARK ANTHONY IN HEAVEN

TO THE SHADE OF PO CHU-I

TRALA TRALA TRALA LA-LE-LA

WAR, THE DESTROYER

YOUNG WOMAN AT A WINDOW

AN ELEGY FOR D.H. LAWRENCE

AT THE BALL GAME

BURNING THE CHRISTMAS GREENS

JANUARY MORNING

OVERTURE TO A DANCE OF LOCOMOTIVES

PATERSON: BOOK 1. PREFACE

PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL: 2. LANDSCAPE WITH THE FALL OF ICARUS

PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL: 3. THE HUNTERS IN THE SNOW

PORTRAIT OF A LADY

QUEEN-ANNE'S-LACE

RALEIGH WAS RIGHT (FIRST VERSION)

THE CATHOLIC BELLS

THE FORGOTTEN CITY

THE GREAT FIGURE

THE LAST WORDS OF MY ENGLISH GRANDMOTHER

THE LOCUST TREE IN FLOWER (SECOND VERSION)

THE LONELY STREET

THE RED WHEELBARROW

THE WIDOW'S LAMENT IN SPRINGTIME

THE YOUNG HOUSEWIFE

THIS IS JUST TO SAY

TO A POOR OLD WOMAN

TO WAKEN AN OLD LADY

COMPLETE DESTRUCTION

PRELUDE TO WINTER

PROLETARIAN PORTRAIT

THE GREAT MULLEN

PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL: 1. SELF-PORTRAIT

TO A FRIEND CONCERNING SEVERAL LADIES

YOUTH AND BEAUTY

LIGHT HEARTED WILLIAM

LIGHT HEARTED AUTHOR

BERKET AND THE STARS

ROMANCE MODERNE

ASPHODEL, THAT GREENY FLOWER, SELECTION

DETAILS FOR PATERSON

LANDSCAPE WITH THE FALL OF ICARUS

SPRING AND ALL, XIV

LATE FOR SUMMER WEATHER

REVERIE AND INVOCATION

THE WORLD NARROWED TO A POINT

A FOND FAREWELL

A FRIEND OF MINE

TO BE CLOSELY WRITTEN ON A SMALL PIECE OF PAPER WHICH FOLDED INTO A TIGHT LOZENGE WILL FIT ANY GIRL'

DEFIANCE TO CUPID

ILLEGITIMATE THINGS

IT IS A LIVING CORAL

OF ASPHODEL: CODA

PROOF OF IMMORTALITY

SEA-TROUT AND BUTTERFISH

THE BOTTICELLIAN TREES

THE CENTENARIAN

THE FLOWERS ALONE

THE LOCUST TREE IN FLOWER (SECOND VERSION)

THE OLD WORSHIPPER

THE POET AND HIS POEMS

THE UNFROCKED PRIEST

TO AN ELDER POET

I WILL SING A JOYOUS SONG

THE BIRTH OF VENUS': SONG

A PORTRAIT IN GREYS

AND THUS WITH ALL PRAISE

CHICORY AND DAISIES

CHINESE NIGHTINGALE

CONQUEST (DEDICATED TO F. W.)

FOR VIOLA: DE GUSTIBUS

KELLER GEGEN DOM

LIBERTAD! IGUALDAD! FRATERNIDAD

MARTIN AND KATHERINE

METRIC FIGURE (2)

METRIC FIGURE (3)

ON FIRST OPENING THE LYRIC YEAR

PASTORAL 1 (FIRST VERSION)

PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN IN BED

PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN WITH A BAD HEART

PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR

SELF-PORTRAIT 1

SELF-PORTRAIT 2

THE DEATH OF FRANCO OF COLOGNE: HIS PROPHECY OF BEETHOVEN

THE FOOL'S SONG

THE NIGHTINGALES

THE SLOUGHING WIND

THE WANDERER; A ROCOCO STUDY: ABROAD

THE WANDERER; A ROCOCO STUDY: ADVENT

THE WANDERER; A ROCOCO STUDY: BROADWAY

THE WANDERER; A ROCOCO STUDY: CLARITY

THE WANDERER; A ROCOCO STUDY: SOOTHSAY

THE WANDERER; A ROCOCO STUDY: ST. JAMES' GROVE

THE WANDERER; A ROCOCO STUDY: THE STRIKE

TO THE OUTER WORLD

TO WISH MYSELF COURAGE

AT THE BRINK OF WINTER

HOW HAS THE WAY BEEN FOUND?

I WOULD NOT CHANGE FOR THINE

SIGNS EVERYWHERE OF BIRDS NESTING, WHILE

MOON, THE DRIED WEEDS

NEW CATHEDRAL OVERLOOKING THE PARK

THERE ARE NO PERFECT WAVES

TO REGAIN THE DAY AGAIN

3 A.M. THE GIRL WITH THE HONEY COLORED HAIR

3 STANCES (ELAINE)

3 STANCES: 2. ERICA

3 STANCES: 3. EMILY

HISTORY OF LOVE

MARRIAGE RITUAL

PLACE (ANY PLACE) TO TRANSCEND ALL PLACES

POEM FOR NORMAN MACLEOD

PORTRAIT OF THE TIMES

PORTRAIT OF THE TIMES

ROSEBUSH IN AN UNLIKELY GARDEN

STREET MARKET, NY., 1908

VISION OF LABOR: 1931

WOMAN IN FRONT OF A BANK

ADVENT OF TODAY

AGAINST THE SKY

ALL THAT IS PERFECT IN WOMAN

ALL THE FANCY THINGS

ELEGY FOR D.H. LAWRENCE

INFORMATIVE OBJECT

OLD-FASHIONED GERMAN CHRISTMAS CARD

AND WHO DO YOU THINK 'THEY' ARE?

ANOTHER OLD WOMAN

APPROACH TO A CITY

APRIL IS THE SADDEST MONTH

ASPHODEL, THAT GREENY FLOWER

AT KENNETH BURKE'S PLACE

AT THE BALL GAME

AT THE FAUCET OF JUNE

BALLAD OF FAITH

BALLAD OF TIME AND THE PEASANT

BIRDS AND FLOWERS

BRILLIANT SAD SUN

BURNING THE CHRISTMAS GREENS

CATASTROPHIC BIRTH

CHERRY BLOSSOMS AT EVENING

CHILD AND VEGETABLES

CHILDE HAROLD TO THE ROUND TOWER CAME

CHORAL: THE PINK CHURCH

CLASSIC PICTURE

CONVENTIONAL BALLAD

DEATH BY RADIO (FOR F.D.R.)

DEATH THE BARBER

DEEP RELIGIOUS FAITH

DEFIANCE TO CUPID

DELLA PRIMAVERA TRANSPORTATA AL MORALE: 1. 'APRIL'

DESIGN FOR NOVEMBER

DETAILS FOR PATERSON

DRUGSTORE LIBRARY

EDUCATION A FAILURE

FIGUERAS CASTLE

FINE WORK WITH PITCH AND COPPER

FLIGHT TO THE CITY

FLOWERS BY THE SEA

FLOWERS BY THE SEA (FIRST VERSION)

FOR A LOW VOICE

FOR BILL BIRD, SELS.

FOR ELEANOR AND BILL MONAHAN, SELS.

FOR G.B.S., OLD

FRANKLIN SQUARE

FRANKLIN SQUARE

FULL MOON (FIRST VERSION)

GRAPH FOR ACTION

GREETING FOR OLD AGE

HE HAS BEATEN ABOUT THE BUSH LONG ENOUGH

HEEL & TOE TO THE END

HEMMED-IN MALES

HOW BAD IT IS TO SAY:

HYMN TO LOVE ENDED

HYMN TO PERFECTION

HYMN TO THE SPIRIT OF FRATERNAL LOVE

ILLEGITIMATE THINGS

IMPROMPTU: THE SUCKERS

IN SISTERLY FASHION

IN THE 'SCONSET BUS

IN THE AMERICAN GRAIN, SELS.

INTERESTS OF 1926

INVOCATION AND CONCLUSION

IT IS A LIVING CORAL

JOHN LANDLESS AT THE FINAL PORT (FIRST VERSION)

KORA IN HELL, SELS.

LA BELLE DAME DE TOUS LES JOURS

LAST WORDS OF MY GRANDMOTHER (FIRST VERSION)

LATE FOR SUMMER WEATHER

LIGHT BECOMES DARKNESS

LINES ON RECEIVING THE DIAL'S AWARD: 1927

MARCH IS A LIGHT

MAY 1ST TOMORROW

METRIC FIGURE (1)

MISTRUST OF THE BELOVED

MISTS OVER THE RIVER

MOUNTED AS AN AMAZON

NARCISSUS IN THE DESERT

NOTE TO MUSIC: BRAHMS 1ST PIANO CONCERTO

OL' BUNK'S BAND

ON GAY WALLPAPER

ON ST. VALENTINE'S DAY

ON THINKING OF A DISTANT FRIEND

OUR (AMERICAN) RAGCADEMICIANS

PASSER DOMESTICUS

PATERSON, SELS.

PATERSON: BOOK 1. PREFACE

PATERSON: BOOK 1. THE DELINEAMENTS OF GIANTS

PATERSON: BOOK 2. SUNDAY IN THE PARK

PATERSON: BOOK 3. THE LIBRARY

PATERSON: BOOK 4. THE RUN TO THE SEA

PATERSON: BOOK 5

PATERSON: EPISODE 17

PATERSON: THE FALLS

PERIOD PIECE: 1834

PERPETUUM MOBILE: THE CITY

PHILOMENA ANDRONICO

PICTURE OF A NUDE IN A MACHINE SHOP

PICTURE SHOWING

PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL: 1. SELF-PORTRAIT

PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL: 10: CHILDREN'S GAMES: 1

PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL: 10: CHILDREN'S GAMES: 2

PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL: 10: CHILDREN'S GAMES: 3

PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL: 2. LANDSCAPE WITH THE FALL OF ICARUS

PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL: 3. THE HUNTERS IN THE SNOW

PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL: 4. THE ADORATION OF THE KINGS

PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL: 5. PEASANT WEDDING

PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL: 6. HAYMAKING

PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL: 7. THE CORN HARVEST

PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL: 7: THE CORN HARVEST

PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL: 8. THE WEDDING DANCE IN THE OPEN AIR

PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL: 9. THE PARABLE OF THE BLIND

POEM (THE PLASTIC SURGEON)

PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN AT HER BATH

PRELUDE IN BORICUA

PRELUDE TO WINTER

PROLETARIAN PORTRAIT

PUERTO RICO SONG

QUEEN-ANNE'S-LACE

QUESTION AND ANSWER

RAINDROPS ON A BRIAR

RALEIGH WAS RIGHT

RALEIGH WAS RIGHT (FIRST VERSION)

REVERIE AND INVOCATION

RHYMED ADDRESS: THE LOBSTER

ROGATION SUNDAY

SAPPHO, BE COMFORTED

SEA-TROUT AND BUTTERFISH

SHE WHO TURNS HER HEAD

SHOOT IT JIMMY!

SICILIAN EMIGRANT'S SONG

SIMPLEX SIGILUM VERI

SIMPLEX SIGILUM VERI: A CATALOGUE (FIRST VERSION)

SKETCH FOR A PORTRAIT OF HENRY FORD

SOME SIMPLE MEASURES: 1. EXERCISE IN TIMING

SOME SIMPLE MEASURES: 2. HISTOLOGY

SOME SIMPLE MEASURES: 3. PERPETUUM MOBILE

SOME SIMPLE MEASURES: 4. THE BLUE JAY

SOME SIMPLE MEASURES: 5. THE EXISTENTIALIST'S WIFE

SOME SIMPLE MEASURES: 6. A SALAD FOR THE SOUL

SOME SIMPLE MEASURES: 7. CHLOE

SOME SIMPLE MEASURES: 8. THE COCKTAIL PARTY

SOME SIMPLE MEASURES: 9. THE STOLEN PEONIES

SONNET IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR

SPARROWS AMONG DRY LEAVES

SPRING IS HERE AGAIN, SIR

ST. FRANCIS EINSTEIN OF THE DAFFODILS

STRUGGLE OF WINGS

SUNDAY (FIRST VERSION)

AGONIZED SPIRES

AGONY AMONG THE CROWD

APPROACHING HOUR

ATLANTIC CITY CONVENTION

ATTIC WHICH IS DESIRE

AVENUE OF POPLARS

BEWILDERMENT OF AGE

BEWILDERMENT OF YOUTH

BIRD'S COMPANION

BITTER WORLD OF SPRING

BOTTICELLIAN TREES

CLOCK OF THE YEARS

CLOUDS (FIRST VERSION)

CLOUDS 3 (SCHERZO)

COMPLETE COLLECTED POEMS 1906-1938 (1938): THE SUN

CONSERVATION OF THE HUMAN SUB-SPECIES

CRIMSON CYCLAMEN

DEFECTIVE RECORD

DESCENT OF WINTER: 10/21

DESCENT OF WINTER: 10/22

DESCENT OF WINTER: 10/28

DESCENT OF WINTER: 12/15

DESCENT OF WINTER: 1928

DESCENT OF WINTER: 9/30

DESERT MUSIC, SELS.

DRUNK AND THE SAILOR

END OF THE PARADE

END OF THE ROPE

FOLLY OF PREOCCUPATION

GAYEST OF BRIGHT FLOWERS

GENTLE REJOINDER

GRACEFUL BASTION

HARD CORE OF BEAUTY

HERMAPHRODITIC TELEPHONES

HIGH BRIDGE ABOVE THE TAGUS RIVER AT TOLEDO

INTELLIGENT SHEEPMAN AND THE NEW CARS

LAST TURN (FIRST VERSION)

LAST TURN (SECOND VERSION)

LAST WORDS OF MY ENGLISH GRANDMOTHER

LIGHT SHALL NOT ENTER

LOCUST TREE IN FLOWER (FIRST VERSION)

LOCUST TREE IN FLOWER (SECOND VERSION)

LONELINESS OF LIFE

LOVING DEXTERITY

LOVING DEXTERITY (FIRST VERSION)

MARRIAGE OF SOULS

MENTAL HOSPITAL GARDEN

MODEST ACHIEVEMENT

MONSTROUS MARRIAGE

PHOENIX AND THE TORTOISE

POET AND HIS POEMS

PREDICTER OF FAMINE

QUALITY OF HEAVEN

QUEST OF HAPPINESS

RAPER FROM PASSENACK

RED WHEELBARROW

RED-WING BLACKBIRD

SADNESS OF THE SEA

SWAGGERING GAIT

TESTAMENT OF PERPETUAL CHANGE

THOUGHTFUL LOVER

UNFROCKED PRIEST

USURERS OF HEAVEN

WELL DISCIPLINED BARGEMAN

WORDS LYING IDLE

WORDS, THE WORDS, THE WORDS

WORLD CONTRACTED TO A RECOGNIZABLE IMAGE

WORLD NARROWED TO A POINT

YELLOW TREE PEONY

YOUNG CAT AND THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS

THEOCRITUS: IDYL 1

THINKING BACK TOWARD CHRISTMAS: A STATEMENT FOR THE VIRGIN

THIS FLORIDA: 1924

THIS IS JUST TO SAY

THIS IS PIONEER WEATHER

THREE IMPROVISATIONS FROM KORA IN HELL: 26

THREE IMPROVISATIONS FROM KORA IN HELL: 8

THREE IMPROVISATIONS FROM KORA IN HELL: 9

THREE NAHUATL POEMS

TO A CHINESE WOMAN

TO A DEAD JOURNALIST

TO A DOG INJURED IN THE STREET

TO A LOVELY OLD BITCH

TO A MAN DYING ON HIS FEET

TO A MEXICAN PIG-BANK

TO A POOR OLD WOMAN

TO A WOMAN SEEN ONCE

TO A WOOD THRUSH

TO A WOODPECKER

TO ALL GENTLENESS

TO AN ELDER POET

TO AN OLD JAUNDICED WOMAN

TO BE HUNGRY IS TO BE GREAT

TO BE RECITED TO FLOSSIE ON HER BIRTHDAY

TO BE RECITED TO FLOSSIE ON HER BIRTHDAY

TO DAPHNE AND VIRGINIA

TO FORD MADOX FORD IN HEAVEN

TO FREIGHT CARS IN THE AIR

TO FRIEND-TREE OF COUNTED DAYS

TO GREET A LETTER-CARRIER

TO HAVE DONE NOTHING

TO HIS LADY WITH A QUEER NAME

TO MY BETTER SELF

TO MY FRIEND EZRA POUND

TO THE GHOST OF MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS

TO THE UNKNOWN LADY

TRALA TRALA TRALA LA-LE-LA

TRANSLATIONS FROM THE SPANISH

TRIBUTE TO NERUDA THE POET COLLECTOR OF SEASHELLS

TRIBUTE TO THE PAINTERS

TURKEY IN THE STRAW

TWELVE LINE POEM

TWO ASPECTS OF APRIL

TWO DELIBERATE EXERCISES: 1. LESSON FROM A PUPIL RECITAL

TWO DELIBERATE EXERCISES: 2. VOYAGES

TWO PENDANTS: FOR THE EARS

VENUS OVER THE DESERT

VIEW BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY ON A COMMERCIAL CALENDAR

WAR, THE DESTROYER

WHEN FRESH, IT WAS SWEET

WHEN STRUCTURE FAILS RHYME ATTEMPTS TO COME TO THE RESCUE

WIDE AWAKE, FULL OF LOVE

WIND OF THE VILLAGE

WISTFULNESS IN IDLENESS

WRESTED FROM MIRRORS

WRITER'S PROLOGUE TO A PLAY IN VERSE

YOU HAVE PISSED YOUR LIFE

YOUNG LOVE (FIRST VERSION)

YOUNG WOMAN AT A WINDOW

YOUNG WOMAN AT A WINDOW

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