Not ringed but rare, not gilled but polyp-like, having sprung up overnight— These mushrooms of the gods, resembling human organs uprooted, rooted onl… - William Jay Smith

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Not ringed but rare, not gilled but polyp-like,
having sprung up overnight— These mushrooms of the gods, resembling human organs
uprooted, rooted only on the air,

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William Jay Smith (April 22, 1918 – August 18, 2015) was an American poet. He was appointed the nineteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1968 to 1970.

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