Poem by William Carlos Williams

Apology

Why do I write today?

The beauty of 
the terrible faces
of our nonenties
stirs me to it:

coloured women
day workers
old and experiences-
returning home at dusk 
in cast off clothing
faces like
old Florentine oak.

also

The set pieces
Of our faces stir me-
leading citizens-
but not
in the same way.

1. Romance Moderne
2. Willow Poem
3. Approach of Winter
4. The Desolate Field
5. January

Arthur Symons Apology ("Why is it that I sing no songs of you")

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