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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“Thirty-five years
I lived with my husband.
The plumtree is white today
with masses of flowers.”
—William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)
“I saw the figure 5
in gold
on a red
firetruck”
—William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)
“so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow”
—William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)