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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
METRIC FIGURE (2), by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet's Biography
First Line: There is a bird in the poplars
Last Line: Of leaves clashing in the wind.
Subject(s): Sun
First Line: There is a bird in the poplars
Last Line: Of leaves clashing in the wind.
Subject(s): Sun
There is a bird in the poplars!
It is the sun!
The leaves are little yellow fish
swimming in the river.
The bird skims above them,
day is on his wings.
Phoebus!
It is he that is making
the great gleam among the poplars!
It is his singing
outshines the noise
of leaves clashing in the wind.
Other Poems of Interest...
JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN
AGAINST EXCESS OF SEA OR SUN OR REASON by WILLIAM MEREDITH
WHY I WAKE EARLY by MARY OLIVER
CONTRA MORTEM: THE SUN by HAYDEN CARRUTH
SERPENT SUN EYE BEWITCHING MY EYE by AIME CESAIRE