tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post500560071751127489..comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Comments on Banjo52: Poem of the Day: "The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos WilliamsBanjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-74687010771401628942009-10-20T17:10:27.997-04:002009-10-20T17:10:27.997-04:00AH, amazing what a camera can do for the eyes, isn...AH, amazing what a camera can do for the eyes, isn't it? I've never tried painting; imagine what THAT would do. <br /><br />Jeff, hilarious! Thanks. You and GPU seem to have a less than reverent attitude toward the poem. <br /><br />I'm afraid I really do like it, hearing as I do something like, "Just see what's there, and knock it off with cubism, metaphysics, positivism, dissectivism, and such." But I guess I've said that already. <br /><br />GPU, I haven't read the Padgett yet, but are you finding "Red Wheelbarrow" the equivalent of a blank canvas? <br /><br />By the way, I'm OK with a lot of Rothko and Jackson Pollock--great occasions for more wars about The New Criticism, eh? However, I shouldn't venture into the visual arts; I don't know them well enough.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-74695652829814071532009-10-20T12:26:34.682-04:002009-10-20T12:26:34.682-04:00I'm not sure if A.H. is signing up to study yo...I'm not sure if A.H. is signing up to study your fine literary analysis or your fine photography (I've seen enough of her work to know she's being too humble about her mastery of shadow and light.) <br /><br />I particularly like that Professor Banjo hasn't merely posted this fragment of Spring and All (Is this this EVER read in context?!) and asked us youngsters if it's a poem or not (yawn...)<br /><br />For an even funnier example of a poem that tries to "be not mean" I'd suggest Padgett's "Nothing in That Drawer" where the page becomes the subject matter, and we're left to make of it what we will.gothpunkunclenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-3606048801434184752009-10-20T11:26:27.607-04:002009-10-20T11:26:27.607-04:00Ah, William Carlos Williams and the advent of symb...Ah, William Carlos Williams and the advent of symbolism-destroying poetry, which until his time plagued the student (for he/she had to strain to find deep meaning) and the teacher (for he/she had teach deep meaning). Williams' work was refreshing, an attempt to reinvigorate what the Chinese poets of all understood: that there is deeper meaning in a simple image. So...here's my tribute to Mr. Williams and all those poets who could see as much if not more in a red wheelbarrow and a drop of rainwater than most other poets combined.<br /><br /><br />chunk of butt steak<br />stabbed on a <br />cheap fork<br /><br />the wine is dry<br />and the air is cold<br /><br />a new Target has opened <br />down<br />the streetJeff Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-22628084117075840582009-10-18T18:48:04.574-04:002009-10-18T18:48:04.574-04:00Talk about four star. Can I take a correspondence ...Talk about four star. Can I take a correspondence course? But don't be unkind. I didn't even notice shadow and light until last year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com