William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was an American poet closely associated with modernism and imagism. He was also a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine with a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Williams "worked harder at being a writer than he did at being a physician" but excelled at both.

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    If I admire my arms, my face,
    my shoulders, flanks, buttocks
    against the yellow drawn shades,—

    Who shall say I am not
    the happy genius of my household?
    —William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)

    Thirty-five years
    I lived with my husband.
    The plumtree is white today
    with masses of flowers.
    —William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)

    When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
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