so much depends so much depends upon…upon…

William Carlos William Carlos WilliamsWilliams

William Carlos WilliamsWilliam Carlos Williams Born in New Jersey 1883 – Born in New Jersey 1883 –

this year would be his 125this year would be his 125thth birthday!birthday!

Fell in love with poetry while Fell in love with poetry while in medical school at the in medical school at the University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of Pennsylvania

Followed his parents’ wishes Followed his parents’ wishes and became a pediatricianand became a pediatrician

Practiced medicine for forty Practiced medicine for forty yearsyears

His medical career gave him the His medical career gave him the financial stability to pursue his financial stability to pursue his poetrypoetry

Also provided him with an Also provided him with an “intimate insight into the lives of “intimate insight into the lives of common people”common people”

Many of his poems were written Many of his poems were written on prescription pads while he was on prescription pads while he was visiting patients, then typed them visiting patients, then typed them on this typewriteron this typewriter

so much dependsso much dependsuponupon

a red wheel a red wheel barrowbarrow

glazed with rainglazed with rainwaterwater

beside the whitebeside the whitechickens.chickens.

so much dependsso much dependsuponupon

a red wheel a red wheel barrowbarrow

glazed with rainglazed with rainwaterwater

beside the whitebeside the whitechickens.chickens.

So much depends upon a red So much depends upon a red wheelbarrow glazed with wheelbarrow glazed with rainwater beside the white rainwater beside the white chickens.chickens.

So much depends upon So much depends upon

a red wheelbarrow a red wheelbarrow

glazed with rainwaterglazed with rainwater

beside the white chickens.beside the white chickens.

The Flaxen-Maned PonyThe Flaxen-Maned PonyInspired by William Carlos WilliamsInspired by William Carlos Williams

so much depends so much depends

uponupon

a flaxen manea flaxen mane

sweptswept

across the sweetestacross the sweetest

faceface

frosted with frosted with

snow.snow.

By Mrs. TroyBy Mrs. Troy

Your Mission:Your Mission: Create three “so much depends upon poems”Create three “so much depends upon poems” Choose your subject carefully – write about Choose your subject carefully – write about

something you truly treasuresomething you truly treasure Each poem will have sixteen words, the first four Each poem will have sixteen words, the first four

being “so much depends upon”being “so much depends upon” Choose each of your twelve words carefullyChoose each of your twelve words carefully If you have a photo or an image you would like If you have a photo or an image you would like

to use, bring it in on a flash drive, or bring a copy to use, bring it in on a flash drive, or bring a copy to paste on your final draftto paste on your final draft