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The Blue Wheelbarrow
So much depends upon the
laborer
glazed with sweat
working
beside his
black
lunch pale
upon
which he depends,
he
opens it to
find
white chickens
fried,
he smiles
as
he eats,
not
unlike me
as
I write
laborer
glazed with sweat
working
beside his
black
lunch pale
upon
which he depends,
he
opens it to
find
white chickens
fried,
he smiles
as
he eats,
not
unlike me
as
I write
Published 13th Mar 2018
Author's Note
My sense of humor directed at William Carlos Williams' poem, The Red Wheelbarrow.
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13th Mar 2018 1:31pm
An homage to William Carlos Williams, perhaps. I like the quick short lines of this. Great use of line breaks too
13th Mar 2018 2:05pm
I know his poem is minimalism, but I really don't get it. It seems incomplete to me. I'd like to think that he took an incomplete thought from his notebook & tried to pass it off as a poem to see if he could get away with it. The world bought it while he never ceased to laugh at his inside joke, not believing they actually fell for it. (That's what I'd like to think)
13th Mar 2018 2:12pm
Interesting take on the Williams poem. I read it in lit class and was not as impressed as other poetry that we read. My prof reminded me that poetry is an art and not all art resonates with everyone who reads it. I try to remind myself of that when I read a poem that does speak to me ... of course you could be right as well. I'd would be great to be able to ask him and get the straight truth on this
13th Mar 2018 2:52pm
I might suggest that when you run across a poem you don't get, don't appreciate. or don't like, take that opportunity to write a poem yourself that "corrects" their poem or improves it or takes a dig at it or gives an opposing view. : )
13th Mar 2018 3:18pm
