"And everyone and I stopped breathing": William Carlos Williams, Frank O'Hara, and the news of the day in verse.

Papers on Language & Literature | September 22, 2003| | Copyright

It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.

--William Carlos Williams "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"

The above line from "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower" expresses Williams's belief in the purpose and potential power of poetry. Living in industrialized northern New Jersey, Williams witnessed America's many problems and believed he could provide the poetic prescription--"the news"--needed to improve its condition. On the other side of the river, the younger poet Frank O'Hara was also interested ...

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