Spring and All: III [The farmer in deep thought]
The farmer in deep thought
is pacing through the rain
among his blank fields, with
hands in pockets,
in his head
the harvest already planted.
A cold wind ruffles the water
among the browned weeds.
On all sides
the world rolls coldly away :
black orchards
darkened by the March clouds —
leaving room for thought.
Down past the brushwood
bristling by
the rainsluiced wagonroad
looms the artist figure of
the farmer — composing
— antagonist.
William Carlos Williams, "III [The Farmer is in deep thought]" from Spring and All. Copyright © 1923 by William Carlos Williams. Reprinted by permission of Public Domain.
