William Carlos Williams

Gathered here are the gems of William Carlos Williams's astonishing achievements in poetry. Dramatic, energetic, beautiful, and true, this slim selection will delight any reader--The Red Wheelbarrow & Other Poems is a book to be treasured.

The Red Wheelbarrow and Other Poems

Eloise

"The Red Wheelbarrow," like so many other poems by Williams, is an experiment. It lacks punctuation, relies on chaotic or odd lineation, and generally blurs the customary distinctions between one thing or thought and another. He had a famous adage, "No ideas but in things," which I interpret to mean that when we talk about ideas, emotions, and abstractions, we must anchor them firmly in the world's things.

The Red Wheelbarrow and Other Poems

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