Look at this poet William Carlos Williams he is primitive and native, and his roots are in raw forest and violent places he is word-sick and place-crazy. He admires strength, but for what Violence This is the cult of the frontier mind. (Edward Dahlberg)

Look at this poet William Carlos Williams he is primitive and native, and his roots are in raw forest and violent places he is word-sick and place-crazy. He admires strength, but for what Violence This is the cult of the frontier mind.

Edward Dahlberg

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