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William Carlos Williams: “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus”
Posted by matt on 11 November 2007
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
According to Brueghel
when Icarus fell
it was spring
a farmer was ploughing
his field
the whole pageantry
of the year was
awake tingling
near
the edge of the sea
concerned
with itself
sweating in the sun
that melted
the wings’ wax
unsignificantly
off the coast
there was
a splash quite unnoticed
this was
Icarus drowning
William Carlos Williams
(part II of Pictures from Brueghel)
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Image: De Val van Icarus by Pieter Brueghel de Oude (oil, 1558)
Upon Viewing Hokusai’s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” After Reading Williams’ “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus” while Listening to the Muppet Rendition of “Wipe Out” (As Made Famous by The Surfaris) « Andrew Donovan said
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