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The Desolate Field

by William Carlos Williams, 1921

Vast and gray, the sky
is a simulacrum
to all but him whose days
are vast and gray, and—
In the tall, dried grasses
a goat stirs
with nozzle searching the ground.
—my head is in the air
but who am I...?
And amazed my heart leaps
at the thought of love
vast and gray
yearning silently over me.

Published in Sour Grapes: A Book of Poems
Tags: anniversary, hope, love, weddings

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