Pour the wine bridegroom
where before you the
bride is enthroned her hair
loose at her temples a head
of ripe wheat is on
the wall beside her the
guests seated at long tables
the bagpipers are ready
there is a hound under
the table the bearded Mayor
is present women in their
starched headgear are
gabbing all but the bride
hands folded in her
lap is awkwardly silent simple
dishes are being served
clabber and what not
from a trestle made of an
unhinged barn door by two
helpers one in a red
coat a spoon in his hatband.
Peasant Wedding
William Carlos Williams
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Poem topics: hair, red, women, head, ready, long, wall, door, silent, simple, I love you, I miss you, bride, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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