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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPRING SONG, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet's Biography
First Line: Having died / one is at great advantage
Last Line: Hand in hand in the dirt with you.
Subject(s): Death; Desire
First Line: Having died / one is at great advantage
Last Line: Hand in hand in the dirt with you.
Subject(s): Death; Desire
Having died
one is at great advantage
over his fellows --
one can pretend.
And so,
the smell of earth
being upon you too --
I pretend
there is something
temptingly foreign
some subtle difference,
one last amour
to be divided for
our death-necklaces, when
I would merely lie
hand in hand in the dirt with you.
Other Poems of Interest...
AMERICAN WEDDING by ESSEX HEMPHILL
HISTORY OF DESIRE by TONY HOAGLAND
ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER