An Early Martyr and Other Poems is a book of poetry by the American poet William Carlos Williams. It was originally published in New York City by The Alcestis Press in 1935.The collection includes poems such as "An Early Martyr" , "Flowers By The Sea", "Proletarian Portrait", and the often anthologized "The Yachts". It also serves as a companion piece for another collection of Williams's poetry, Adam & Eve & The City, published a year later in 1936.
“Among
of
green stiff
old
bright broken
branch
come white
sweet
May again”
"The Locust Tree in Flower"
An Early Martyr and Other Poems (1935)
