The Widow's Lament In Springtime - A poem by William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams - The Widow's Lament In Springtime

Sorrow is my own yard
where the new grass
flames as it has flamed
often before but not
with the cold fire
that closes round me this year.
Thirtyfive years
I lived with my husband.
The plumtree is white today
with masses of flowers.
Masses of flowers
load the cherry branches
and color some bushes
yellow and some red
but the grief in my heart
is stronger than they
for though they were my joy
formerly, today I notice them
and turn away forgetting.
Today my son told me
that in the meadows,
at the edge of the heavy woods
in the distance, he saw
trees of white flowers.
I feel that I would like
to go there
and fall into those flowers
and sink into the marsh near them.

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Poet: William Carlos Williams Poem: The Widow's Lament In Springtime Poem of the Day: Aug 19 2011 Comment 9 of 9, added on February 11th, 2012 at 6:27 PM. LIxUTUHMvrHO 2KEnTn I`m so grateful that you enlightened me and the most important thing that it happened in time. Just think, I have been using the internet for six years already but it`s the first time I`ve ever heard about it!.... cheap oem software from Turks and Caicos Islands Comment 8 of 9, added on January 19th, 2012 at 9:39 AM. comment the poet skillfully pictures the miserable life which the widow is leading afer 35 years of joy and hapiness which she had with her beloved husband.now everything seems tasteless and ugly even the flowers of spring can not change her gloomy mood.death is a blessing for her.she might join her beloved in the hereafter. muneer from Saudi Arabia Comment 7 of 9, added on May 13th, 2011 at 1:20 AM. A short summary of the poet In 1883, William Carlos Williams was born in Rutherford, New Jersey. He began writing poetry while a student at Horace Mann High School, at which time he made the decision to become both a writer and a doctor. He received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania, where he met and befriended Pound. William’s health began to decline after a heart attack in 1948 and a series of strokes, but he continued writing up until his death in New Jersey in 1963. Turk from Bahrain More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, The Widow's Lament In Springtime, has received 9 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: William Carlos Williams Poem: The Widow's Lament In Springtime Last read: 2013-05-18 23:02:51 Poem of the Day: Aug 19 2011 Viewed 20822 times. Added Feb 20 2003.

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