This holiday weekend some swimming may have happened. We all know how beautiful people can be emerging from the water, but it takes a poet to see the bigger picture…
By Tennessee Williams, in the fall issue of Southwest Review. Written
on the stationery of the Hotel Woodstock, the poem dates from 1939,
when Williams visited New York City to attend the World’s Fair.
How lovely wetness makes the flesh
our bodies will declare
when we step from this shining pool
into the shining air
How lovely passion makes the lips
our kiss will testify
when we step from this brilliant earth
into the brilliant sky
from Harper's. Image from Matt Groller:
Kit Stolz 
