W. D. Snodgrass Poems

W. D. (William DeWitt) Snodgrass was an American poet and winner of the 1960 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He was a prolific writer, publishing over thirty books of poetry and translations in his lifetime.

Mementos, 1

by W. D. Snodgrass

William DeWitt (W. D.) Snodgrass’s personal piece ‘Mementos, 1’ is about the discovery of an old photograph of the speaker’s divorced wife and the stream of memories that came with it.

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