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]

THAT POEM DOES NOT WORK UNLESS YOU TYPE IN THE CORRECT STRUCTURE.

Things I learned in Writer's Craft. *nodnod*

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens.

[calvinahobbes]

I had never seen those Mythbusters poems! They are awesome.

Tell me more about why Williams is annoying? I have never studied/ read him.

For some reason the wheelbarrow poem reminds me of a similarly titled Rainbarrows by Elisabeth Bletsoe. If you think Williams is impenetrable, wait till you read that!

[lannamichaels]

Heh, thanks for the rec. :)

[seekingferret]

http://edgeofthewest.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/this-is-just-to-say/