Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FOR VIOLA: DE GUSTIBUS, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS



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First Line: Beloved you are
Last Line: O quince of my despondency.
Subject(s): Caviar


Beloved you are
Caviar of Caviar
Of all I love you best
O my Japanese bird nest

No herring from Norway
Can touch you for flavor. Nay
Pimento itself
Is flat as an empty shelf
When compared to your piquancy
O quince of my despondency.





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