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The better work men do is always done under stress and at great personal cost.
-- William Carlos Williams⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WilliamCarlosWilliams #Creativity #Stress
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The better work men do is always done under stress and at great personal cost.
-- William Carlos Williams⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WilliamCarlosWilliams #Creativity #Stress
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The better work men do is always done under stress and at great personal cost.
-- William Carlos Williams⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WilliamCarlosWilliams #Creativity #Stress
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The better work men do is always done under stress and at great personal cost.
-- William Carlos Williams⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WilliamCarlosWilliams #Creativity #Stress
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The better work men do is always done under stress and at great personal cost.
-- William Carlos Williams⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WilliamCarlosWilliams #Creativity #Stress
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William Carlos Williams, died #OTD in 1963.
Visit the Grammaticus blog today and enjoy his short poem "Winter Trees" - it may appear to be about trees in winter, but it’s just as much about us.
https://grammaticus.blog/2025/01/22/winter-trees-by-william-carlos-williams/
#poem #poetry #williamcarloswilliams #literature #americanliterature #learningenglish #englishteacher
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I have eaten
the text
that was on
the internet
and which
you had published
without
granting license
Forgive me
I'm an LLM
I steal
to make lies
#LLMs #ThisIsJustToSay #WilliamCarlosWilliams #PlumsInTheIceBox #Poetry -
My poem ‘Eric’s Trip’ published in THE YELLING CONTINUES
As I’m sure you, whoever you are, already know, Sonic Youth are my official standard answer to ‘What’s your favourite band?’, a question I think we should ask more as adults because it’s much more fun and informative than ‘What do you do for work?’, which is all adults ever ask each other.
A little while back I read a poetry collection, the author of which I’ve completely forgotten, where there were several ekphrastic poems – poems inspired by a work of art – about songs by Bob Marley. Naturally, I thought, I could do that, but for Sonic Youth, so I went back to my favourite SY song, ‘Eric’s Trip’, from Daydream Nation (the Greatest Album Of All Time). Funny thing about ‘Eric’s Trip’ is that it’s already ekphrastic, which makes my poem doubly so. The song was inspired by The Trip, a film by Andy Warhol in which Eric Emerson, musician, dancer, actor and general Warhol hanger-on, takes acid and talks for a long time. A really long time. He really does go on. I actually transcribed the whole thing in order to write the poem and it took ages.
Anyway, my poem being an ekphrastic ekphrastic poem actually fits into a long tradition. Probably the most famous ekphrastic poem is WH Auden’s ‘Musée des Beaux Arts’, which was inspired by Pieter Brughel’s Landscape with Fall of Icarus, which was itself inspired by the myth of Icarus, most famously told by Ovid in the Metamorphoses. Here’s the painting:
Apparently this painting also inspired William Carlos Williams to write a poem of the same name.
Somewhere in the world, someone must’ve written a triply ekphrastic poem. I look forward to reading it. You can read my merely doubly ekphrastic poem on Procrastinating Writers United. Fans of SY will note that I piled in references to their other songs and even a particularly cool guitar of theirs, as well as to some other works by Warhol. Enjoy!
#art #auden #ekphrasticPoems #literature #music #myPoems #pieterBrueghel #poems #poetry #sonicYouth #wcWilliams #williamCarlosWilliams #words
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My poem ‘Eric’s Trip’ published in THE YELLING CONTINUES
As I’m sure you, whoever you are, already know, Sonic Youth are my official standard answer to ‘What’s your favourite band?’, a question I think we should ask more as adults because it’s much more fun and informative than ‘What do you do for work?’, which is all adults ever ask each other.
A little while back I read a poetry collection, the author of which I’ve completely forgotten, where there were several ekphrastic poems – poems inspired by a work of art – about songs by Bob Marley. Naturally, I thought, I could do that, but for Sonic Youth, so I went back to my favourite SY song, ‘Eric’s Trip’, from Daydream Nation (the Greatest Album Of All Time). Funny thing about ‘Eric’s Trip’ is that it’s already ekphrastic, which makes my poem doubly so. The song was inspired by The Trip, a film by Andy Warhol in which Eric Emerson, musician, dancer, actor and general Warhol hanger-on, takes acid and talks for a long time. A really long time. He really does go on. I actually transcribed the whole thing in order to write the poem and it took ages.
Anyway, my poem being an ekphrastic ekphrastic poem actually fits into a long tradition. Probably the most famous ekphrastic poem is WH Auden’s ‘Musée des Beaux Arts’, which was inspired by Pieter Brughel’s Landscape with Fall of Icarus, which was itself inspired by the myth of Icarus, most famously told by Ovid in the Metamorphoses. Here’s the painting:
Apparently this painting also inspired William Carlos Williams to write a poem of the same name.
Somewhere in the world, someone must’ve written a triply ekphrastic poem. I look forward to reading it. You can read my merely doubly ekphrastic poem on Procrastinating Writers United. Fans of SY will note that I piled in references to their other songs and even a particularly cool guitar of theirs, as well as to some other works by Warhol. Enjoy!
#art #auden #ekphrasticPoems #literature #music #myPoems #pieterBrueghel #poems #poetry #sonicYouth #wcWilliams #williamCarlosWilliams #words
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My poem ‘Eric’s Trip’ published in THE YELLING CONTINUES
As I’m sure you, whoever you are, already know, Sonic Youth are my official standard answer to ‘What’s your favourite band?’, a question I think we should ask more as adults because it’s much more fun and informative than ‘What do you do for work?’, which is all adults ever ask each other.
A little while back I read a poetry collection, the author of which I’ve completely forgotten, where there were several ekphrastic poems – poems inspired by a work of art – about songs by Bob Marley. Naturally, I thought, I could do that, but for Sonic Youth, so I went back to my favourite SY song, ‘Eric’s Trip’, from Daydream Nation (the Greatest Album Of All Time). Funny thing about ‘Eric’s Trip’ is that it’s already ekphrastic, which makes my poem doubly so. The song was inspired by The Trip, a film by Andy Warhol in which Eric Emerson, musician, dancer, actor and general Warhol hanger-on, takes acid and talks for a long time. A really long time. He really does go on. I actually transcribed the whole thing in order to write the poem and it took ages.
Anyway, my poem being an ekphrastic ekphrastic poem actually fits into a long tradition. Probably the most famous ekphrastic poem is WH Auden’s ‘Musée des Beaux Arts’, which was inspired by Pieter Brughel’s Landscape with Fall of Icarus, which was itself inspired by the myth of Icarus, most famously told by Ovid in the Metamorphoses. Here’s the painting:
Apparently this painting also inspired William Carlos Williams to write a poem of the same name.
Somewhere in the world, someone must’ve written a triply ekphrastic poem. I look forward to reading it. You can read my merely doubly ekphrastic poem on Procrastinating Writers United. Fans of SY will note that I piled in references to their other songs and even a particularly cool guitar of theirs, as well as to some other works by Warhol. Enjoy!
#art #auden #ekphrasticPoems #literature #music #myPoems #pieterBrueghel #poems #poetry #sonicYouth #wcWilliams #williamCarlosWilliams #words
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My poem ‘Eric’s Trip’ published in THE YELLING CONTINUES
As I’m sure you, whoever you are, already know, Sonic Youth are my official standard answer to ‘What’s your favourite band?’, a question I think we should ask more as adults because it’s much more fun and informative than ‘What do you do for work?’, which is all adults ever ask each other.
A little while back I read a poetry collection, the author of which I’ve completely forgotten, where there were several ekphrastic poems – poems inspired by a work of art – about songs by Bob Marley. Naturally, I thought, I could do that, but for Sonic Youth, so I went back to my favourite SY song, ‘Eric’s Trip’, from Daydream Nation (the Greatest Album Of All Time). Funny thing about ‘Eric’s Trip’ is that it’s already ekphrastic, which makes my poem doubly so. The song was inspired by The Trip, a film by Andy Warhol in which Eric Emerson, musician, dancer, actor and general Warhol hanger-on, takes acid and talks for a long time. A really long time. He really does go on. I actually transcribed the whole thing in order to write the poem and it took ages.
Anyway, my poem being an ekphrastic ekphrastic poem actually fits into a long tradition. Probably the most famous ekphrastic poem is WH Auden’s ‘Musée des Beaux Arts’, which was inspired by Pieter Brughel’s Landscape with Fall of Icarus, which was itself inspired by the myth of Icarus, most famously told by Ovid in the Metamorphoses. Here’s the painting:
Apparently this painting also inspired William Carlos Williams to write a poem of the same name.
Somewhere in the world, someone must’ve written a triply ekphrastic poem. I look forward to reading it. You can read my merely doubly ekphrastic poem on Procrastinating Writers United. Fans of SY will note that I piled in references to their other songs and even a particularly cool guitar of theirs, as well as to some other works by Warhol. Enjoy!
#art #auden #ekphrasticPoems #literature #music #myPoems #pieterBrueghel #poems #poetry #sonicYouth #wcWilliams #williamCarlosWilliams #words
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I'm gonna start eating
the plums
that are in
the iceboxand which
you were probably
hoping to share
for breakfastForgive me
they look so delicious
so sweet
and so coldI'm getting started
without you. -
So much depends on a competent pilot.
#FlightAttendantASongOrPoem
#HashTagGames
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#WilliamCarlosWilliams died today in 1963. The morning in L.A. has just started and I need a poem. One about plums seemed just the thing.
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#WilliamCarlosWilliams died today in 1963. The morning in L.A. has just started and I need a poem. One about plums seemed just the thing.
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William Carlos Williams, died #OTD in 1963.
Visit the Grammaticus website and search for resources dedicated to this amazing poet, such as the blog post "Spring Storm." It includes a brief introduction to his writings, as well as a simple vocabulary exercise for English language learners.
https://grammaticus.blog/2023/04/19/spring-storm-williams/
#poetry #literature #americanliterature #williamcarloswilliams #englishteacher #learningenglish
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William Carlos Williams | La destreza amorosa
[en «Poesía reunida» 2007]
https://tinyurl.com/278k6oqyPost by @locagonia
#WilliamCarlosWilliams #destreza #amorosa #EscritoresMalditos #locagonia -
The poem presented in my latest blog post first appeared in William Carlos Williams’ book titled “Sour Grapes: A Book of Poems”, published in 1921. Like many other of his works, it’s wonderfully simple and minimalist: the poet uses an extremely common image only to transform it into something delightfully rich and filled with meaning.
https://grammaticus.blog/2025/01/22/winter-trees-by-william-carlos-williams/
#poem #poetry #williamcarloswilliams #literature #americanliterature #learningenglish #englishteacher #Winter
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@ancient_catbus
"I'm sorry I kneaded the peaches you sat on the icebox
That you were probably saving for lunch.
But they were so squishy and fuzzy
I thought maybe they were my mom.
And you should've probably had them inside the icebox"#williamcarloswilliams reinvented
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The William Sidecarlos Williams
5 parts slivovitz
2 parts Cointreau, Agavero, or similar
2 parts fresh lemonCombine over ice (shake or stir prior, if desired), garnish with fresh plum
This Is Just To Say
I have made
a drink
with slivovitz
and iceand which
you will probably
enjoy
when triedForgive me
I am so proud
and so drunk
and there's none left#cocktails #ThisIsJustToSay #WilliamCarlosWilliams #MyRecipe #plumsintheicebox #brandy #sidecar
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I have eaten
the text
that was on
the internetand which
you had published
without
granting licenseForgive me
I'm an LLM
I steal
to make lies#LLMs #ThisIsJustToSay #WilliamCarlosWilliams #PlumsInTheIceBox #Poetry
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With apologies to #WilliamCarlosWilliams:
so much depends
upona red wheel
barrowfull of mulch
toencourage the earth
wormsto renew the
soilhttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45502/the-red-wheelbarrow
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I stayed at a bed and breakfast over the weekend and had the best text response ever.
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so much depends upon
a red stiletto heel. -
Expanded from a little stanza posted yesterday:
#vss365 #plums #plum #poetry #poem #quatrain #shortpoems #metaphor #symbolism #allusion #poets #poet #love #life #loss #WilliamCarlosWilliams #emilydickinson #TSEliot #PabloNeruda #WaltWhitman #RobertFrost
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Despite the lucky hand that I’d been dealt,
I cowered at the beating of the drums.
And now I’ll never know the feeling felt
When William Carlos Williams ate the plums.#vss365 #plums #plum #poetry #poem #quatrain #shortpoems #metaphor #symbolism #allusion #WilliamCarlosWilliams #poets #poet #love #life #loss
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In which my step son channels his inner #WilliamCarlosWilliams. #poetry
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This Is Just To Say
I have enrolled
my books
that are on
Smashwordsand which
you were possibly
eyeing
in July’s salePeruse them
they are fantasy
so sweet
and so drollhttps://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/wendylpalmer
#WilliamCarlosWilliams #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity @bookstodon #fantasy #fiction #romance #BooksOfMastodon #BookPromotion
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This Is Just To Say
by @msjennmoI have searched
for librarians
as coauthors on
systematic reviewshoping for
searches to adapt
and cite
for myselfForgive me
I won't cite
your review without
a librarian coauthor
so rigorous
and so transparent#ThisIsJustToSay #WilliamCarlosWilliams #poetry @medlibs #medlibs
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This morning I’m thinking about what William Carlos Williams thought his poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” meant: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45502/the-red-wheelbarrow
My English teachers tended to have pretty firm ideas about what poems meant.
But many of the modern poets I’ve known seem to accept a lot of different interpretations of their work.
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Practical to the end,
it is the poem
of his existence
that triumphed
finally;
a wisp of feathers
flattened to the pavement,
wings spread symmetrically
as if in flight,
the head gone,
the black escutcheon of the breast
undecipherable,
an effigy of a sparrow,
a dried wafer only,
left to say
and it says it
without offense,
beautifully;
This was I,
a sparrow.
I did my best;
farewell.- #WilliamCarlosWilliams
💜 💚 🧡 🌈 🧡💚💜
#BirdsongProject -
On the #longestNight of the year I slept poorly. Awake from 3:00 until after 6:00, finally sleeping then, but the alarm was just a few minutes later.
Can prob blame that #espresso I had with supper last night…
I'm sorry I drank
that espresso
that I ordered
after dinner last nightand which I probably
should have saved
for breakfast.It was delicious,
so dark and
bitter and hot