A poem is this:/A nuance of sound/delicately operating/upon a cataract of sense/... the particulars/of a song waking/upon a bed of sound. (William Carlos Williams)

A poem is this:/A nuance of sound/delicately operating/upon a cataract of sense/... the particulars/of a song waking/upon a bed of sound.

William Carlos Williams

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