Friday, April 11, 2008

A poem for today, and a little history




The Red Wheelbarrow

by William Carlos Williams

so much depends

upon



a red wheel

barrow



glazed with rain

water



beside the white

chickens.


I love this poet, and this poem.
He was from New Jersey, and was the
OBGYN at the hospital
where I was born,
Patterson General, in Patterson, NJ.

Williams died in 1963.
The doctor who delivered me was his replacement.
I like to think of it as my near brush with literary fame.
It's a stretch, I know.

1 comment:

Shelden said...

I liked painting a picture about that poem. Lots of love,
-Shelden