Posts Tagged “William Carlos Williams”

Poetry as News

January 25, 2015 by PaulM Posted in Culture, Poetry Leave a Comment

Poet Ezra Pound said, “Poetry [or literature] is news that stays news,” and the doctor-poet of Paterson, New Jersey, William Carlos Williams, believed that the news worthwhile receiving can be found in poems. Following is an excerpt from a long poem that includes Williams’s well known lines about poetry and…

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Sunny Sunday

June 22, 2014 by PaulM Posted in History, Lowell, Poetry, Culture Leave a Comment

Sitting in my backyard in the sun late this morning, I heard church bells and was reminded of days like this when I was in my carefree 20s, working irregular hours, and enjoying the good weather when we had it. On a day like today I could grab a book and read under…

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