Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WINTER QUIET, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS


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First Line: Limb to limb, mouth to mouth
Last Line: The ecstasy.
Subject(s): Fields; Winter


Limb to limb, mouth to mouth
with the bleached grass
silver mist lies upon the back yards
among the outhouses.
The dwarf trees
pirouette awkwardly to it --
whirling round on one toe;
the big tree smiles and glances
upward!
Tense with suppressed excitement
the fences watch where the ground
has humped an aching shoulder for
the ecstasy.





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