William Carlos Williams was born in Rutherford, New Jersey in 1883. Williams fell in love with poetry when he entered high school, where he started to write poetry in his free time. By the end of high school, Williams decided to pursue a career as both a writer and a doctor. He received his M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania, where he befriended Erza Pound, who will become a big influence of Williams' writing. Pound helped Williams with the publication of his second collection of poem, The Tempest.
After college, Williams returned to his hometown, Rutherford, and setup his medical prac…
