This video demonstrates the essence of Williams. He was simple and didn't sugar coat things. It would be great to have a cup of coffee in his simple kitchen with him...
My favorite poem is the one about the plums he ate . It sounds like a note he left on the refrigerator door , which is probably what it was . It's lovely , so short , but it tells it all . I want to read his autobiography .
Absolutely . You didnt have to go , like now , to a hospital , so cold and impersonal , a factory of illnesses .The Dr. would come to the house , and you'd just stay in your bed and the Dr. would check you over, very kind and gentle , while mom would stay right next , hanging on the Dr.'s every word , a look of worry on her face. You felt cared for and you didnt worry much , knowing you didnt have to go to school and would hang out at home watching the wonderful TV shows that existed then . All in all , a cozy feeling .
My best friend who is a doctor still does house calls. Several of his patients cannot get to him. So on Wednesdays he goes to them. Btw, the Health Insurance companies pay less for at home visits 😞
Arthur Hill narrates. A fine documentary. Flossie Williams wrote the note that inspired Williams poem, "This is Just to Say." A charming poem but not as important as "The Red Wheelbarrow," which speaks volumes about Wiliiams' canon: "No idea but in things." He asks us in the poem to see the thing that is there and the nothing that is not there (Wallace Stevens). Williams was an observer. His poems were about the stuff of his observations during his life.
In his autobiography, Wiliams said that the little magazine "Others", which began in the woods of nearby Grantwood NJ, "saved my life as a writer.” Published in the first issue of 1915 was this by Orrick Johns. Blue undershirts Upon a line, It is not necessary to say to you Anything about it- What they do, What they might do…blue undershirts. This is a parody of free verse inspired by poem written by the founder of Others, Alfred Kreymborg. The pantaloons are dancing, dancing through the night, pure white pantaloons, underneath the moon, on a jolly wash line, skipping from my room, over to Miranda, who washed them this noon. Compare these to “The Red Wheelbarrow,” or “XXI” from his 1923 collection, Spring and All. so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens “XXI” is worlds away from the previous two. It is so visual that it is most often discussed as if it is an actual image. In popular articles, however, Others is completely ignored in favor of Williams’s interest in the photography of Alfred Steiglitz and the paintings of Marcel Duchamp and Charles Demuth. To preserve this narrative that reinforces the cherished trope of the lone genius with a brilliant new insight inspired by a completely different approach, almost any discussion of “XXI” being rooted in poetry, and in the little magazine, Others, takes some real digging. Yet here we see the evolutionary pathway. White pantaloons. Blue undershirts. Red wheelbarrow. Three colors, three commonplace scenes in a yard. In his autobiography thirty-six years later, “Blue Undershirts” is the only poem Williams mentions by name out of hundreds of works in Others that passed under his editor’s eye while he was with the magazine. Blue undershirts Upon a line so much depends upon a red wheel...
Useful footage of WCW but it should be made clear at the beginning (not the end) that the voice reading the poems and letters is a Ralph Hill not WCW himself.
Also , that the film images were of his son and his son's family . When he goes to have coffee with the older lady , it's his mom and the poet's wife . The poet died in the early part of '63 .
Can
anything
be
cooler
than this
rare
find?
The home
workplace
aging son
and aged
wife
of mankind's
most primal
poet?
Unlikely.
Tho do
keep in
touch
This video demonstrates the essence of Williams. He was simple and didn't sugar coat things. It would be great to have a cup of coffee in his simple kitchen with him...
Absolutely! A nice cup of tea and a cool plum in his kitchen sounds like a little moment of Heaven.
Lovely. A voice and pictures accompany me. Everything broken, healed, becoming, washing away.
Benevolent Medicine!!!where has IT all Gone now!!!Massive Thanks for sharing this Sweetness yet in Hardness but Still in Conviction.
Thank you for posting this - I would never have seen it otherwise, and it was a true joy.
My favorite poem is the one about the plums he ate . It sounds like a note he left on the refrigerator door , which is probably what it was . It's lovely , so short , but it tells it all . I want to read his autobiography .
I love this!💛 Oh, what a time to be alive when Drs. made house calls! So simple and sweet and honest! 💛
Absolutely . You didnt have to go , like now , to a hospital , so cold and impersonal , a factory of illnesses .The Dr. would come to the house , and you'd just stay in your bed and the Dr. would check you over, very kind and gentle , while mom would stay right next , hanging on the Dr.'s every word , a look of worry on her face. You felt cared for and you didnt worry much , knowing you didnt have to go to school and would hang out at home watching the wonderful TV shows that existed then . All in all , a cozy feeling .
My best friend who is a doctor still does house calls. Several of his patients cannot get to him. So on Wednesdays he goes to them. Btw, the Health Insurance companies pay less for at home visits 😞
@@musicstewart9744 Oh, that's wonderful to hear. Thank you for sharing.🙂 Is he in the states? Midwest maybe? Or Canada?
Nancy Rose Major city in the mid Atlantic part of the US.
@@musicstewart9744 And I am in California! Unheard of! 😔
Black and white and lights, shadows silhouettes and Poetry...Thanks.
Arthur Hill narrates. A fine documentary. Flossie Williams wrote the note that inspired Williams poem, "This is Just to Say." A charming poem but not as important as "The Red Wheelbarrow," which speaks volumes about Wiliiams' canon: "No idea but in things." He asks us in the poem to see the thing that is there and the nothing that is not there (Wallace Stevens). Williams was an observer. His poems were about the stuff of his observations during his life.
"a sort of a song" and "the red wheelbarrow" changed the way i look at poetry and every other thing
In his autobiography, Wiliams said that the little magazine "Others", which began in the woods of nearby Grantwood NJ, "saved my life as a writer.” Published in the first issue of 1915 was this by Orrick Johns.
Blue undershirts
Upon a line,
It is not necessary to say to you
Anything about it-
What they do,
What they might do…blue undershirts.
This is a parody of free verse inspired by poem written by the founder of Others, Alfred Kreymborg.
The pantaloons are dancing,
dancing through the night,
pure white pantaloons,
underneath the moon,
on a jolly wash line,
skipping from my room,
over to Miranda,
who washed them this noon.
Compare these to “The Red Wheelbarrow,” or “XXI” from his 1923 collection, Spring and All.
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens
“XXI” is worlds away from the previous two. It is so visual that it is most often discussed as if it is an actual image. In popular articles, however, Others is completely ignored in favor of Williams’s interest in the photography of Alfred Steiglitz and the paintings of Marcel Duchamp and Charles Demuth. To preserve this narrative that reinforces the cherished trope of the lone genius with a brilliant new insight inspired by a completely different approach, almost any discussion of “XXI” being rooted in poetry, and in the little magazine, Others, takes some real digging.
Yet here we see the evolutionary pathway.
White pantaloons.
Blue undershirts.
Red wheelbarrow.
Three colors, three commonplace scenes in a yard. In his autobiography thirty-six years later, “Blue Undershirts” is the only poem Williams mentions by name out of hundreds of works in Others that passed under his editor’s eye while he was with the magazine.
Blue undershirts
Upon a line
so much depends
upon
a red wheel...
This is a gem, but unwatchable because of headache-inducing jumpiness. Can it be corrected and reloaded?
Thank you for sharing this gem!!!
I love it again
Before
Now
And later
Forever.
thanks for uploading these they are great
Useful footage of WCW but it should be made clear at the beginning (not the end) that the voice reading the poems and letters is a Ralph Hill not WCW himself.
thank you
Oh ok i see 😮
Also , that the film images were of his son and his son's family . When he goes to have coffee with the older lady , it's his mom and the poet's wife . The poet died in the early part of '63 .
@@axiomist4488 Thank you.
Yes, his own readings are much plainer.
He sounds just like his dad!
I love him
My research this years, about the Williams, the daily live and the sense of the place in his poem 😐😐😐, plz i need help
such a good man
no footage???
28:42 sound like old voice
And another interpretation from Adam Driver:
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(of this: th-cam.com/video/es7YEqtIQSQ/w-d-xo.html
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No!! COME BACK
So much depends
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😭😭😭😭
A Life as mine....mmm
Name of the poem at 6:04?
Waiting