Blog post 11/16

This is how I envision Williams saw in his poem:
In this poem, Williams sees a backyard where the chicken coops rests. A new rain has laced the yard in liquid jewels. Tiny worms, brought to surface by the rain, have pushed their way through the soft dirt and now crawl around on its surface. They crawl in the shadow of a red wheel barrow, which the day before had been used for carrying a load of green debris. It now sits, shiny from the rain. The chickens, emerge from the coop, and head toward the wheel barrow searching for lunch.
Think he was in awe of what he saw. A new rain has a refreshing element, and enables people to see beauty in common objects. The rain is a new perspective. I believe Williams had seen the red wheel barrow ad saw it as beautiful, saw it as made new. It gave him a new perspective on it. This could be backed up by the statement “so much depends.” So much depends could refer to Williams gaining a new perspective. Without that wheel barrow, he would not have that new perspective.

So much depends
Upon
A blazing fire
Embraced by
Boulders
Beneath the open
Sky

Riley Mac Millan