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Felix Pissarro (1874-1897), Poplar
Trees (detail). Wikimedia Commons
Metric Figure
There is a bird in the poplars! –
It is the sun!
The leaves are little yellow fish
Swimming in the river;
The bird skims above them –
Day is on his wings.
Phoenix!
It is he that is making
The great gleam among the poplars.
It is his singing
Outshines the noise
Of leaves clashing in the wind.
There is a bird in the poplars! –
It is the sun!
The leaves are little yellow fish
Swimming in the river;
The bird skims above them –
Day is on his wings.
Phoenix!
It is he that is making
The great gleam among the poplars.
It is his singing
Outshines the noise
Of leaves clashing in the wind.
~~
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)
from A Book of Poems: Al que quiere!, 1917
[Poem is in the public domain in
[Poem is in the public domain in
Canada and the United States]
"Metric Figure" read for Reader's Utopia.
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