magnificent collection of Williams's work, A wonderful way to introduce young people to one of America's greatest poets, I love William Carlos Williams but my kids could not get into it at all, I have a theory that it's better read than heard, It's difficult to express the line breaks, Oh well. I don't know if this is the same edition I read mine was edited by Christopher MacGowan, not Robert Crockett but this entry in the uniformly excellent Poetry for Young People series doesn't disappoint.
The introductory material about the poet's life is clear, concise, and interesting, written in such a way that the intended audience learns the highlights of Williams' biography without becoming bogged down with unimportant details.
The selection of poetry featured here is also decent, and I appreciate the blurbs that introduce each poem, For example, "This is Just to Say" is introduced as follows: "Williams thought that what a poem had 'to say' did not have to be about grand feelings or major events, but could be about the moments of ordinary, everyday life, like this message from Williams to his wife.
We can almost taste and enjoy the plums along with the poet, There are no superfluous words, and the title even serves as the poem's first line: This is Just to Say, . . " I appreciate the simplicity of his writing, He is a photographer of thingsbut he uses words instead of a camera, Who Knew
Williams is so much
more
than a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens a collection of poetry for young children with explanations and detailed information about the creation and subject of the poetry a great teachers aid Love these poems and this method of introducing kids to poetry.
I found the intros and art helpful as an adult too, This fantastic collection of illustrated poems is perfect for teaching imagism to my creative writing and English students, one of the best things Ive ever read I love this great series, Reading this gave me a greater appreciation of Williams poems, I love the idea of combining poetry with artwork, but the artwork here I just didn't enjoy, Nevertheless, it is helpful having some illustrated poems by great poets to share with elderly clients, One thing I appreciate about this series are the editor's introduction and comments, Even if I don't always agree with them, they are thoughtprovoking, Today one of my clients seemed to really enjoy the Red Wheelbarrow, and This Is Just To Say, So glad I bought a copy of this beautiful book as I want to read it again and again and
bask in the amazing illustrations as well as the poem.
May,: LOVE this book! The poems are great and the illustrations are FANTASTIC, William Carlos Williams' poems are like pictures, full of visual images that youngsters will quickly grasp and enjoy, Thirtytwo of his finest verses, accompanied by gorgeous paintings that capture Williams' evocative references to nature and everyday life, grace this new title in the muchcelebrated Poetry for Young People series.
Renowned scholar and professor Christopher MacGowan, who has edited several volumes of Williams' work, provides a fascinating biography of this poetdoctor as well as invaluable annotations that explain unfamiliar vocabulary.
Exquisite paintings, by the distinguished artist Robert Crockett, make every page a treat to look at and truly illuminate the poems, Among the poems included here are "Dawn," with its lovely evocation of bird song and flight "Primrose," a celebration of summer's joys "/," a witty verse that imitates the sounds of freight trains passing by the station near his home and an excerpt from his famed booklength poem, "Paterson.
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Professor Christopher MacGowan is coeditor of Volume I of The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams, and editor of Volume II and other books of Williams's poetry.
He is also the author of articles on Sherwood Anderson, Denise Levertov, and Vladimir Nabokov, Professor MacGowan is the Chair of the English department at The College of William and Mary,
Robert Crockett has illustrated numerous books, magazine articles, and advertising pieces, Among his many awards aregold and silver medals from the San Francisco Society of Illustrators of which he was past president, His paintings regularly show in the New York Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibit,
William Carlos Williams was an American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism, He was also a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine, Williams worked harder at being a writer than he did at being a physician, wrote biographer Linda Wagner Martin, During his long lifetime, Williams excelled both as a poet and a physician, Although his primary occupation was as a doctor, Williams had a full literary career, His work consists of short stories, poems, plays, novels, critical essays, an autobiography, translations, and correspondence, He wrote at night and spent weekends in New York City with friendswriters and artists like the avant garde painters Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia and the poets Wallace Stevens and Mari William Carlos Williams was an American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism.
He was also a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine, Williams "worked harder at being a writer than he did at being a physician," wrote biographer Linda Wagner Martin, During his long lifetime, Williams excelled both as a poet and a physician, Although his primary occupation was as a doctor, Williams had a full literary career, His work consists of short stories, poems, plays, novels, critical essays, an autobiography, translations, and correspondence, He wrote at night and spent weekends in New York City with friendswriters and artists like the avant garde painters Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia and the poets Wallace Stevens and Marianne Moore.
He became involved in the Imagist movement but soon he began to develop opinions that differed from those of his poetic peers, Ezra Pound and T, S. Eliot. Later in his life, Williams toured the United States giving poetry readings and lectures, In May, he was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poemsand the Gold Medal for Poetry of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
The Poetry Society of America continues to honor William Carlos Williams by presenting an annual award in his name for the best book of poetry published by a small, non profit or university press.
Williams' house in Rutherford is now on the National Register of Historic Places, He was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in, sitelink.