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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WILLOW POEM, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet's Biography
First Line: It is a willow when summer is over
Last Line: Into the water and on the ground.
Subject(s): Willow Trees
First Line: It is a willow when summer is over
Last Line: Into the water and on the ground.
Subject(s): Willow Trees
It is a willow when summer is over,
a willow by the river
from which no leaf has fallen nor
bitten by the sun
turned orange or crimson.
The leaves cling and grow paler,
swing and grow paler
over the swirling waters of the river
as if loath to let go,
they are so cool, so drunk with
the swirl of the wind and of the river --
oblivious to winter,
the last to let go and fall
into the water and on the ground.
Other Poems of Interest...
TO AN ADOLESCENT WEEPING WILLOW by MARVIN BELL
HUNTING PHEASANTS IN A CORNFIELD by ROBERT BLY
SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: COLUMBUS CHENEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS
WILLOW SONG; FOR FRANCES HOROWITZ by ANNE STEVENSON
LANDSCAPES (FOR CLEMENT R. WOOD) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER
THE WILLOWS by FRANCIS BRET HARTE
PUSSY WILLOWS by ELIZABETH BRADY
TREES IN AUTUMN by ANNE MILLAY BREMER
FOUR METRICAL EXPERIMENTS: 4. PINDARIC by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE