Creator Bio
C. K. Williams
1936–2015
Poet C. K. Williams was born in Newark, and spent many years teaching at universities in Pennsylvania. He produced several collections of poetry, classical translations, and a memoir; his themes are often concerned with politics. He received the National Book Award, a Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.
Content by C. K. Williams
Primary Source
The Vessel
I’m trying to pray; one of the voices of my mind says, “God, please help me do this,”
but another voice intervenes: “How conceive God’s interest would be to help you believe?”
Is this prayer? Might…