Sour Grapes (1921)
by
William Carlos Williams
The Nightingales
This is another poem from William Carlos Williams
Sour Grapes (1921) collection. It's a tiny love poem; certainly he has written some of the best love poems of the twentieth century. Always something with him, a sly hint or clever innuendo one can well imagine that he is standing upon a flowered rug with marvelous shadows of his fingers as nightingales, amusingly engaged as
paramours dancing over his shoes as he loosens them. A
nightingale of course is noted for his sweet nocturnal song. Nimble, in a hurry to unlace his surely
high-tops, he's adept, witty and full of play, noticing things. What a charming lover!
Sources:
Public domain text taken from The Poets’ Corner:
http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/wcw-sg3.html#44
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