William Williams
William Williams
crowd detail laughing seriously
It is summer, it is the solstice the crowd is cheering, the crowd is laughing in detail permanently, seriously without thought.
either ourselves
But we who are wisershut ourselves inon either handand no one knowswhether we think goodor evil.
beauties discovered due hours strange travel
I have discovered that most of the beauties of travel are due to the strange hours we keep to see them. . . .
beauties discovered due hours strange travel
I have discovered that most ofthe beauties of travel are due tothe strange hours we keep to see them. . . .
pass solitary ten walls
At ten a.m. the young housewifemoves about in negligee behindthe wooden walls of her husband's house.I pass solitary in my car.
fire love
Love you? It'sa fire in the blood, willy-nilly!
brains clever means remain teach wiser
Subtle, clever brain, wiser than I am,by what devious means do you contriveto remain idle? Teach me, O master.
bewildered
O Marvelous! what new configuration will come next? I am bewildered with multiplicity.
lined
If they give you lined paper, write the other way.
late spring
Here it is spring againand I still a young man!I am late at my singing.
lies lies-and-lying manner matters secret
It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.
begins history
History, history! We fools, what do we know or care? History begins for us with murder and enslavement, not with discovery.
cute-love edge love sweet-love
It is at the edge of a petal that love waits.
everybody surface youth
My surface is myself. Under which to witness, youth is buried. Roots? Everybody has roots.