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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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| The Great Figure
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by William Carlos Williams |
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Among the rain
and lights
I saw the figure 5
in gold
on a red
firetruck
moving
tense
unheeded
to gong clangs
siren howls
and wheels rumbling
through the dark city. |
Copyright © 1962 by William Carlos Williams. Used with permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this poem may be reproduced in any form without the written consent of the publisher. |
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