[New-Poetry] Re: By Williams Carlos Williams - Poems 1928 (Anny Ballardini)

[Chris Stroffolino]

ah, burn the which (beside the white chickens)....
C
On Jul 9, 2006, at 9:06 AM, Crisman Cooley wrote:

> Anny,
> Thanks for the WCW-- you picked out a great one here, I think...  
> beautiful, and except for too many whiches bewhiching.
>
> Crisman
>
>
>> Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 21:53:14 +0200
>> From: "Anny Ballardini" <anny.ballardini at tin.it>
>> Subject: [New-Poetry] By Williams Carlos Williams - Poems 1928
>>
>> THE SOURCE
>>
>> I
>>
>> The slope of the heavy woods
>> pales and disappears
>> in the wall of mist that hides
>>
>> the edge above whose peak
>> last night the moon--
>>
>> But it is morning and a new light
>> marks other things
>> a pasture which begins
>>
>> where silhouettes of scrub
>> and balsams stand uncertainly
>>
>> On whose green three maples
>> are distinctly pressed
>> beside a red barn
>>
>> with new shingles in the old
>> all cancelled by
>>
>> A triple elm's inverted
>> lichen mottled
>> triple thighs from which
>>
>> wisps of twigs
>> droop with sharp leaves
>>
>> Which shake in the crutch
>> brushing the stained bark
>> fitfully
>>
>> II
>>
>> Beyond which lies
>> the profound detail of the woods
>> restless, distressed
>>
>> soft underfoot
>> the low ferns
>>
>> Mounting a rusty root
>> the pungent mold
>> globular fungi
>>
>> water in an old
>> hoof print
>>
>> Cow dung and in
>> the uneven aisles of
>> the trees
>>
>> rock strewn a stone
>> half-green
>>
>> A spring in whose depth
>> white sand bubbles
>> overflows
>>
>> clear under late raspberries
>> and delicate-stemmed touch-me-nots
>>
>> Where alders follow it marking
>> the low ground
>> the water is cast upon
>>
>> a stair of uneven stones
>> with a rustling sound
>>
>> An edge of bubbles stirs
>> swiftness is molded
>> speed grows
>>
>> the profuse body advances
>> over the stones unchanged
>>
>
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