by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)
Complete Destruction
Language: English
It was an icy day. We buried the cat, then took her box and set fire to it in the back yard. Those fleas that escaped earth and fire died by the cold.
Text Authorship:
- by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963), "Complete Destruction", appears in Sour Grapes: a Book of Poems, first published 1921 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Complete Destruction", 2008 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 33