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The Moon, the dried weeds and the Pleiades - Seven feet tall the dark, dried weed stalks make a part of the night a red lace on the milky blue sky

William Carlos Williams

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William Carlos Williams
Age: 79 †
Born: 1883
Born: September 17
Died: 1963
Died: March 4
Autobiographer
Literary Critic
Physician
Physician Writer
Poet
Writer
Moon
Stalking
Darkness
Weeds
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Weed
Dark
Tall
Night
Red
Stalks
Part
Sky
Milky
Make
Seven
Dried
Blue
Lace

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