The Locust Tree in Flower / Falsa Acacia en Flor. William Carlos Williams. 1883 - 1963

 

The Locust Tree in Flower

 [ First Version ]

Among
the leaves
bright

green
of wrist-thick
tree

and old
stiff broken
branch

ferncool
swaying
loosely strung —

come May
again
white blossom

clusters
hide
to spill

their sweets
almost
unnoticed

down
and quickly
fall

( Final version) 

Among

of

green

 

stiff

old

bright

 

broken

branch

come

 

white

sweet

May

 

Again

 

Falsa Acacia en Flor

 

Entre

las

verdes

 

tiesas

viejas

brillantes

 

rotas

ramas

aparece

 

blanco

dulce

Mayo

 

De nuevo