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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ORDEAL, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet's Biography
First Line: O crimson salamander
Last Line: O crimson salamander.
Subject(s): Salamanders
First Line: O crimson salamander
Last Line: O crimson salamander.
Subject(s): Salamanders
O crimson salamander,
Because of love's whim
sacred!
Swim
the winding flame
Predestined to disman him
And bring our fellow home to us again.
Swim in with watery fang,
Gnaw out and drown
The fire roots that circle him
Until the Hell-flower dies down
And he comes home again.
Aye, bring him home,
O crimson salamander,
That I may see he is unchanged with burning --
Then have your will with him,
O crimson salamander.
Other Poems of Interest...
IN A FORMER LIFE by MARLENE PEARSON
DESCRIPTION OF A SALAMANDER by JONATHAN SWIFT
A CELEBRATION by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
A CORONAL by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
A GOODNIGHT by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
A MAN TO A WOMAN by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
APPROACH OF WINTER by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
APRIL by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS