The Birds

William Carlos WilliamsWilliam Carlos Williams

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The world begins again!
Not wholly insufflated
the blackbirds in the rain
upon the dead topbranches
of the living tree,
stuck fast to the low clouds,
notate the dawn.
Their shrill cries sound
announcing appetite
and drop among the bending roses
and the dripping grass.
William Carlos Williams
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William Carlos Williams

1883 - 1963/Male/AmericanA physician, painter and poet closely associated with modernism and imagism.

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