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wonderful poem, one of my favourites from wcw. good choice! KS 2009/4/1 Jon Corelis <[log in to unmask]> > The widow's lament in springtime > > > by William Carlos Williams > > > Sorrow is my own yard > where the new grass > flames as it has flamed > often before but not > with the cold fire > that closes round me this year. > Thirtyfive years > I lived with my husband. > The plumtree is white today > with masses of flowers. > Masses of flowers > load the cherry branches > and color some bushes > yellow and some red > but the grief in my heart > is stronger than they > for though they were my joy > formerly, today I notice them > and turn away forgetting. > Today my son told me > that in the meadows, > at the edge of the heavy woods > in the distance, he saw > trees of white flowers. > I feel that I would like > to go there > and fall into those flowers > and sink into the marsh near them. > > -- > =============================================== > > Jon Corelis http://jcorelis.googlepages.com/joncorelis > > =============================================== >