This week let’s do something a little different. I trust you all know the great William Carlos Williams‘ poem The Red Wheelbarrow:
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens
Let’s imitate this poem by stealing the first four words then letting our poetic imagination run wild. Post your dependencies in the comments below.
About Bartholomew Barker
Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, a collection of poets in the Triangle region of North Carolina where he has hosted a monthly feedback workshop for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2021. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he lives and writes poetry.
Living Poetry 
So much depends
upon
quiet
photosynthesis
in the greenhouse
glazed red with
tomatoes beside
the Mars mission
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Posted by Steve Croft | October 14, 2019, 2:01 PMLove the futuristic take on this prompt. Well done!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | October 14, 2019, 7:14 PMso much depends
upon staying devoted
to tasks at hand
to stock the wood
for the winter
making sure faucets have mittens
that birds have seeds
all this and more
depends on reliable transportation
good there is a wheel barrow
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | October 14, 2019, 3:14 PMreally good!
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Posted by Steve Croft | October 14, 2019, 4:08 PMThank you!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | October 14, 2019, 7:39 PMWinter’s coming. Very nice!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | October 14, 2019, 7:16 PMThank you!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | October 14, 2019, 7:39 PMHi all,
I’m new here so sharing for the first time. I hope no one minds that two actually flowed out, so I included both.
So much depends
upon
our willingness
to see things as they are
not as we wished
they would be
And…
So much depends
upon
our willingness
to take the first step
trusting that
the wind will push us forward
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Posted by Cindy Appleby | October 14, 2019, 5:19 PMWelcome! I like them both but think the second is slightly better.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | October 14, 2019, 7:21 PMI like both versions as they each take a different direction.
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | October 14, 2019, 7:38 PM