In Another Country

Williams: I had been in the Atlas Mountains in North Africa and I had been told that there was a holy city. And when I got there, there was almost nothing there. He urged me to look at this and come and look at that. But he always said, you couldn't stay the night because it was getting light. Because you're not a Muslim and I would have to cut your throat. So then I came across a soup, just a meeting place. It looked so ancient because they were coming on foot,. They were coming on mules, there were no horses. Williams' poem In Another Country is published in February 11th issue of Poetry magazine.