My first poem was a bolt from the blue … it broke a spell o… - William Carlos Williams

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My first poem was a bolt from the blue … it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. … it filled me with soul satisfying joy.

William Carlos Williams

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William Carlos Williams (17 September 1883 – 4 March 1963) was an American poet and physician.

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So different, this man
And this woman:
A stream flowing
In a field.

Their story, yours, mine - it's what we all carry with us on this trip we take, and we owe it to each other to respect our stories and learn from them.

And a church spire sketched on the sky,
of sheet metal and open beams, to resemble
a church spire

My first poem was a bolt from the blue … it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. … it filled me with soul satisfying joy. - William Carlos Williams

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