By listening to his language of his locality the poet begins to learn his craft. It is his function to lift, by use of imagination and the language he hears, the material conditions and appearances of his environment to the sphere of the intelligence where they will have new currency. -William Carlos Williams

 

By listening to his language of his locality the poet begins to learn his craft. It is his function to lift, by use of imagination and the language he hears, the material conditions and appearances of his environment to the sphere of the intelligence where they will have new currency.


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The perfect man of action, is the suicide.

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What power has love but forgiveness?

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It is almost impossible to state what one in fact believes, because it is almost impossible to hold a belief and to define it at the same time.

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There is somethingsomething urgentI have to say to youand you alonebut it must waitwhile I drink inthe joy of your approach,perhaps for the last time. -William Carlos Williams
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In summer, the song sings itself.

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