April 04, 2005

An apology to William Carlos Williams

I was looking out the back door, zoning out, lost in my morose thoughts.

Rather gradually, the wagon in the back yard came in focus, and I remembered

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens.

I hated that poem so much that there is a heavy ball point pen slash through it in An Introduction to Poetry (sixth edition). It's been 18 years since I crossed it out, though. Live and learn.

Posted by Nic at April 4, 2005 08:22 PM
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