What, more recs, so soon?

[sophia_sol]

I have a thing about William Carlos Williams. That is to say, I have an issue with him and his poems. So much so that I, um, have one of them memorized. In my defense it's really short and I didn't mean to? *headdesk*

So yeah.

"So much depends upon the red wheelbarrow glazed with rainwater beside the white chickens." Whatever, William Squared.

As a result I have been working on a collection of fannish poetry that has been written as a pastiche of or reaction to him, usually of the one about the plums. They are AWESOME. And here they are, as recs. If you know of any others, PLEASE do share! They make me strangely joyful, despite my antipathy towards William Carlos Williams himself.


This Is Just To Say, by toft. A Mythbusters version!
(ETA: And in the comments of the LJ version of Toft's, as a sort of sequel, a Mythbusters version of the wheelbarrow poem too, by shimere277!)

FORGIVE ME, WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS, by asimaiyat. A series of White Collar versions, that together form a fic!

An experiment in translation, by skalja. A lolcat translation!

With All Apologies To William Carlos Williams, by lannamichaels. A fandom version! Of both the plum poem and the wheelbarrow poem!

Comments

[sentientcitizen]

I KNOW! I have tried to find that one again several times, and never could! Because searching for "poem life index" just gets you an innumerable indexes of poems about life.

[sophia_sol]

Yeah, SUPER useless. *sigh* Too bad there isn't a poetry-finding community the way there are fic-finding communities! I suppose asking Mr what's-his-face would always be an option, if he still teaches there, but who knows if he'd even remember it.

[sentientcitizen]

I have no idea if he's still there are not. Maybe I'll ask Mum? He was an awfully new teacher, he may have moved on to a better opportunity.

[sophia_sol]

Good idea -- if you do that, that'd be awesome! Yeah, I kind of wonder that myself. He wasn't an institution of the school or something, that you'd never be able to kick out; he was one of the many younger teachers that came and left all the time, so it wouldn't surprise me if he IS gone.

[sentientcitizen]

Of course, I'm going to have to dredge his name up from the depths of my memory before I can inquire after him. *laughs* I THINK I know what it was?

[sentientcitizen]

That was what I was thinking, actually, I just had thought it might be better not to state it in a public forum. :)

[sophia_sol]

Hah, yeah. Good point. Gonna go delete my comment now. SOMETIMES MY BRAIN DOESN'T WORK.