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Tennessee Williams

I lived from 1911-1983. I was from the United States, and am in the Americas category.

I influenced poet Robert Duncan.

Born Thomas Lanier Williams in 1911

My poetry

  • Heavenly Grass
    My feet took a walk in heavenly grass.
    All day while the sky shone clear as glass.
    9 lines, 1 comment
  • Blue Song
    I am tired.
    I am tired of speech and of action.
    16 lines, 4 comments
  • My Little One
    My little one whose tongue is dumb,
    whose fingers cannot hold to things,
    13 lines, 1 comment
  • The Wine-Drinkers
    The wine-drinkers sit on the porte cochère in the sun.
    Their lack of success in love has made them torpid.
    22 lines, 1 comment

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