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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SERAPH, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet's Biography
First Line: I was here alone
Last Line: But it was gone.
Subject(s): Compassion; Light
First Line: I was here alone
Last Line: But it was gone.
Subject(s): Compassion; Light
I was here alone,
The lamp back of me
There under the beams --
The heat of the fire in my face.
I straightened and turned
There stood you!
Immobile,
Gleaming with light!
The miraculous vision
Flaming, flashing itself
Upon me, an acid
To quench thirst
Once for all.
That is why when
You came forward
With your excuses
Asking if you had
Frightened me
I seized you,
Held you eagerly in my arms
But it was gone.
Other Poems of Interest...
THE PICTURES by JOHN HOLLANDER
SONNET: 1. THE BRIGHT MOON by CONRAD AIKEN
WINDOW BLIND by HAYDEN CARRUTH
AN ASPECT OF THE AIR by JOHN CIARDI
BEETLE LIGHT; FOR DANIEL HILLEN by MADELINE DEFREES
STUDIES IN LIGHT by DIANE DI PRIMA