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| William Carlos Williams |
William Carlos Williams was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, in 1883. He
began writing poetry while a student at Horace Mann High School, at which time
he made the decision to become...
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| To a Poor Old Woman
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by William Carlos Williams |
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munching a plum on
the street a paper bag
of them in her hand
They taste good to her
They taste good
to her. They taste
good to her
You can see it by
the way she gives herself
to the one half
sucked out in her hand
Comforted
a solace of ripe plums
seeming to fill the air
They taste good to her
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From Collected Poems: 1939-1962, Volume II by William Carlos Williams, published by New Directions Publishing Corp. © 1962 by William Carlos Williams. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. |
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