C.K. Williams, Poet, Dies at 78

    C.K. Williams, 2000 Pulitzer Prize winner, has died at age 78. I was vaguely familiar with the name, but not the poems. After reading a few of them, and snippets of others, I am certainly going to read some more. 

   Here is one of the many pieces written about this week:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/09/21/c_k_williams_pulitzer_prize_winning_american_poet_has_died_at_78.html

I conclude with a quote of his:

When you begin to write poems because you love language, because you love poetry. Something happens that makes you write poems. And the writing of poems is incredibly pleasurable and addictive.

C. K. Williams
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