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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    You said, Unless there is some spark, some
    spirit we keep within ourselves, life, a
    continuing life’s impossible—and it is all
    we have. There is no other life, only the one.
    —William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)

    I saw the figure 5
    in gold

    on a red
    firetruck
    —William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)

    I compare her
    to a fallen leaf.

    The noiseless wheels of my car
    rush with a crackling sound over
    dried leaves as I bow and pass smiling.
    —William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)