416. Metric Figure by William Carlos Williams. Monroe, Harriet, ed. 1917. The New Poetry: An Anthology

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

416. Metric Figure

By William Carlos Williams


THERE is a bird in the poplars—
It is the sun!
The leaves are little yellow fish
Swimming in the river;
The bird skims above them—	5
Day is on his wings.
Phoenix!
It is he that is making
The great gleam among the poplars.
It is his singing	10
Outshines the noise
Of leaves clashing in the wind.