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Monday, October 29, 2012

Monday Poetry: The Worst Poem Ever Written

I hate this poem so much.

I first read it in high school and I never forgot it.

It offends me, not morally, but aesthetically.

Maybe I am a heathen who can't recognize genius, since many consider this the masterwork of this 20th Century poet.

But it is just

so...

stupid!


The Red Wheelbarrow

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens. 
William Carlos Williams

1 comment:

  1. I see your point, too bed it isn't a haiku, the last resort for tiny images wishing to be profound.

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