Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INVITATION, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You who had the sense Last Line: Let us be conscious and talk of these things. Subject(s): Fathers | ||||||||
We live in this flat blue basin, We and the meadow things, my townspeople, And there beyond where the snow lies In ochred patches float the smoke-grey towers. Has it never struck you as curious That we do not all leave this place? Surely we are blest With a noteworthy wisdom, my townspeople! Let us be conscious and talk of these things. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PLAYING DEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS PRAYER BEFORE BED by ANDREW HUDGINS THE FUNERAL SERMON by ANDREW HUDGINS ELEGY FOR MY FATHER, WHO IS NOT DEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS EUROPE AND AMERICA by DAVID IGNATOW EUROPE AND AMERICA by DAVID IGNATOW ESTATE SALE by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM A CELEBRATION by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |
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