Two Poems by William Carlos Williams

Here are the two poems read in class on Wednesday, on which you should model your free verse poems.

The Red Wheelbarrow

so much depends 

upon

a red wheel 

barrow

glazed with rain

water

beside the white

chickens

This is Just to Say

I have eaten

the plums

that were in 

the icebox

and which

you were probably

saving

for breakfast

forgive me

they were delicious

so sweet

and so cold