Comments on: William Carlos Williams http://soyouthinkican.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/william-carlos-williams/ Now Lost in Wonderland Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:59:00 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: slynne http://soyouthinkican.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/william-carlos-williams/#comment-3645 slynne Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:32:42 +0000 http://soyouthinkican.wordpress.com/?p=398#comment-3645 the Wheelbarrow poem is not just famous as a near perfect image, it is also great because, unlike other poems, that force the reader into a specific reading of an image, it trusts the reader to read the image. It is also famous because of the philosophical point it makes, that everything is, indeed, important. I agree about Langston Hughes being great. I love the landlady poems in particular, but I also finr it interesting that most of us think that liking one poet or poem leaves less room to like another. Thanks for stopping by. Maybe check out the wheelbarrow again. the Wheelbarrow poem is not just famous as a near perfect image, it is also great because, unlike other poems, that force the reader into a specific reading of an image, it trusts the reader to read the image.

It is also famous because of the philosophical point it makes, that everything is, indeed, important.

I agree about Langston Hughes being great. I love the landlady poems in particular, but I also finr it interesting that most of us think that liking one poet or poem leaves less room to like another.

Thanks for stopping by. Maybe check out the wheelbarrow again.

]]> By: Shay http://soyouthinkican.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/william-carlos-williams/#comment-3641 Shay Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:13:34 +0000 http://soyouthinkican.wordpress.com/?p=398#comment-3641 That should be "its". Oops. That should be “its”. Oops.

]]> By: Shay http://soyouthinkican.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/william-carlos-williams/#comment-3640 Shay Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:11:20 +0000 http://soyouthinkican.wordpress.com/?p=398#comment-3640 Emily, check out this link for a number of plum parodies: http://scribalterror.blogs.com/scribal_terror/2005/04/this_is_just_to.html No accident that most of the parodists are women. WCW is such a guy. I've never understood why that wheelbarrow poem is so famous. Yes, it presents a nice image, like a calendar photo or a postcard in words, but that's hardly grounds for it's reknown. Give me Langston Hughes, any day. Emily, check out this link for a number of plum parodies:

http://scribalterror.blogs.com/scribal_terror/2005/04/this_is_just_to.html

No accident that most of the parodists are women. WCW is such a guy.

I’ve never understood why that wheelbarrow poem is so famous. Yes, it presents a nice image, like a calendar photo or a postcard in words, but that’s hardly grounds for it’s reknown.

Give me Langston Hughes, any day.

]]> By: emily http://soyouthinkican.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/william-carlos-williams/#comment-3631 emily Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:31:56 +0000 http://soyouthinkican.wordpress.com/?p=398#comment-3631 who did the parody of that poem about the plums? i just read it again recently when I was leafing through my old anthologies. great choice today, by the way. i do love going back and reading the classic modern poets! who did the parody of that poem about the plums? i just read it again recently when I was leafing through my old anthologies.

great choice today, by the way. i do love going back and reading the classic modern poets!

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