so much depends upon…

1. so much depends upon… William Carlos Williams

2. William Carlos Williams • Born in New Jersey 1883 – this year would be his 125th birthday! • Fell in love with poetry while in medical school at the University of Pennsylvania • Followed his parents’ wishes and became a pediatrician • Practiced medicine for forty years

3. His medical career gave him the financial stability to pursue his poetry • Also provided him with an “intimate insight into the lives of common people” • Many of his poems were written on prescription pads while he was visiting patients, then typed them on this typewriter

4. so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens.

5. so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens.

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

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

8. The Flaxen-Maned Pony Inspired by William Carlos Williams so much depends upon a flaxen mane swept across the sweetest face frosted with snow. By Mrs. Troy

9. Your Mission: • Create three “so much depends upon poems” • Choose your subject carefully – write about something you truly treasure • Each poem will have sixteen words, the first four being “so much depends upon” • Choose each of your twelve words carefully • 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 paste on your final draft