The Red Wheelbarrow

"The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams.

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens.



This superb, simple poem is intensely thought provoking. I won't go into what I think about it, nor it's meaning. In fact, I think it isn't meant to mean anything other than what it is. It reminds me of "Fountain' by Marcel Duchamp in the way it makes you consider something in a new way. The one problem I have is the lack of emotion. It spurs conversation and thought, but doesn't spur my body and heart. Yet it is still a remarkable poem.