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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
APPEAL, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet's Biography
First Line: You who are so mighty
Last Line: This is my song.
Subject(s): Desire
First Line: You who are so mighty
Last Line: This is my song.
Subject(s): Desire
You who are so mighty,
crimson salamander,
hear me once more.
I lay among the half-burned sticks
at the edge of the fire.
The fiend was creeping in.
I felt the cold tips of fingers --
O crimson salamander!
Give me one little flame,
one!
that I may bind it
protectingly about the wrist
of him that flung me here,
here upon the very center!
This is my song.
Other Poems of Interest...
AMERICAN WEDDING by ESSEX HEMPHILL
HISTORY OF DESIRE by TONY HOAGLAND
ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER