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Winter Trees

All the complicated details
of the attiring and
the disattiring are completed!
A liquid moon
moves gently among
the long branches.
Thus having prepared their buds
against a sure winter
the wise trees
stand sleeping in the cold.

Credit

This poem is in the public domain.

About this Poem

“Winter Trees” was published in Sour Grapes: A Book of Poems (The Four Seas Company, 1921). 

Author

William Carlos Williams

Poet, novelist, essayist, and playwright William Carlos Williams is often said to have been one of the principal poets of the Imagist movement.

Date Published: 1921-01-01

Source URL: https://poets.org/poem/winter-trees