Thursday, January 31, 2008

Garden Tools and Poetry

This poem makes me think William Carlos Williams must have tried to build raised flower beds at some point. :)


The Red Wheelbarrow

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens.



-- William Carlos Williams

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nice lines…it reminds me of my graduate days. This famous doctor turned writer is one of American favorite poets. The Red Wheelbarrow is his nest and I read it twice. Thanks Christina for your sweet analysis of his file lines. If you provide more of your analysis as a sequel to this poem, then it would be great informative people like us who love literature. Really the amalgamation of Garden tools and poetry is great. Truly speaking I’m more fan of William Carlos Williams’ look. I assume he is really a handsome poet!