William Carlos Williams: Poem

William Carlos Williams was American poet. Explore interesting quotes on poem.
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“It is difficult
to get the news from poems

yet men die miserably every day

for lack”

'of what is found there.'
Journey to Love (1955), Asphodel, That Greeny Flower
Source: Asphodel, That Greeny Flower and Other Love Poems: That Greeny Flower

“My first poem was a bolt from the blue … it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. … it filled me with soul satisfying joy.”

The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams (1951) [W. W. Norton & Co., 1967, ISBN 978-0811202268]
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“It is difficult
to get the news from poems”

Journey to Love (1955), Asphodel, That Greeny Flower