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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DRINK, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: My whiskey is / a tough way of life
Last Line: Of skyscrapers.
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking
First Line: My whiskey is / a tough way of life
Last Line: Of skyscrapers.
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking
My whiskey is
a tough way of life:
The wild cherry
continually pressing back
peach orchards.
I am a penniless
rumsoak.
Where shall I have that solidity
which trees find
in the ground?
My stuff
is the feel of good legs
and a broad pelvis
under the gold hair ornaments
of skyscrapers.
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