Advent of Today
South wind
striking in — torn
spume — trees
inverted over trees
scudding low
a sea become winged
bringing today
out of yesterday
in bursts of rain —
a darkened presence
above
detail of October grasses
veiled at once
in a downpour —
conflicting rattle of
the rain against
the storm’s slow majesty —
leaves
rising
instead of falling
the sun
coming and going
toward the
middle parts of the sky
~~
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)
from Complete Collected Poems, 1906-1938, 1938
[Poem is in the public domain in Canada and the United States]
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