About “Spring and All” — William Carlos Williams, 1883 – 1963

We celebrated the First of Spring ‘down here’ (as opposed to autumn ‘up there’ ) on 1 September and have enjoyed some beautiful spring days since — but still with some icy winds, sub-zero mornings, and only some plants putting on their spring green and blossom.

Spring blossom; valiant on a vacant (demolition) lot

A state of affairs that always brings to mind the William Carlos Williams’ poem Spring and All. The discussion below is to give you a ‘feel’ for the poem and why I love it, but I also ...