re: Short reading assingment by anonymous questioner

August 19, 2006 08:52 PM

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dear internet,

Are you feeling more Willaim Carlos WIlliams http://www.bu.edu/favoritepoem/poems/williams/ or Shephen Crane http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/196.html

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Williams (15 votes)
 41%
Crane (22 votes)
 59%
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  • FluffyBullet says:

    I'm feeling more like both.

    Aug 21, 2006 07:26 PM
  • leverlass says:

    That has to be my favorite WCW poem ever. Not whacked-out abstract like the red wheelbarrow, but elusive enough to make you really think about what he's saying.

    Aug 22, 2006 12:02 AM
  • stimpy says:

    I prefer Billy Collins, Now he knows how to write for the common man (and woman). I also like Bukowski, even if people say he is a misogynist.

    Aug 24, 2006 11:46 PM
  • anonymous questioner says:

    note to those that might be interested.
    I have changed both of the peoms since I first posting this question the originals were for Crane:

    A man said to the universe:
    "Sir I exist!"
    "However," replied the universe,
    "The fact has not created in me
    A sense of obligation."


    and for Williams:

    so much depends
    upon

    a red wheel
    barrow

    glazed with rain
    water

    beside the white
    chickens.







    good luck

    Sep 15, 2006 09:16 PM
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