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.
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.
William Carlos Williams
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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