Classic and Contemporary Poetry
APOLOGY, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why do I write today? Last Line: In the same way. | ||||||||
Why do I write today? The beauty of the terrible faces of our nonentities stirs me to it: colored women day workers -- old and experienced -- returning home at dusk in cast off clothing faces like old Florentine oak. Also the set pieces of your faces stir me -- leading citizens -- but not in the same way. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CORONAL by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS A GOODNIGHT by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS A MAN TO A WOMAN by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS APPROACH OF WINTER by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS APRIL by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS BLIZZARD by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS BLUEFLAGS by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS COMPLAINT by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS DAISY by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS DAYBREAK by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |
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