Audio: William Carlos Williams reads “Seafarer”

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Seafarer

The sea will wash in
but the rocks – jagged ribs
riding the cloth of foam
or a knob or pinnacles
with gannets –
are the stubborn man.

He invites the storm, he
lives by it! instinct
with fears that are not fears
but prickles of ecstasy,
a secret liquor, a fire
that inflames his blood to
coldness so that the rocks
seem rather to leap
at the sea than the sea
to envelop them. They strain
forward to grasp ships
or even the sky itself that
bends down to be torn
upon them. To which he says,
It is I! I who am the rocks!
Without me nothing laughs.

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Running time: 1:12

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3 comments on “Audio: William Carlos Williams reads “Seafarer””

1. Tricia Knoll

   March 15, 2019

   

   Nice place to retreat to.

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2. drjudybricbrac

   March 15, 2019

   

   Thanks for the great poem!

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3. drjudybricbrac

   March 15, 2019

   

   A great choice for the day! Thanks!

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