Plums and Wheelbarrows: When Poets Disagree

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Poet Anna Robinson rolled a red wheelbarrow to the headquarters of the UK's Poetry Society on Wednesday to deliver a rare demand for a society-wide meeting. The move was a nod to American poet William Carlos Williams' famous statement that "so much depends/ upon/ a red wheel/ barrow." In case you're wondering, Robinson's wheelbarrow was, in fact, "glazed with rain water."The Poetry Society responded with a nod to another well-known Williams poem, "This Is Just To Say," by presenting the protesting members with some plums. This begs the question of whether the society was tipped off to the wheelbarrow stunt. Are we supposed to believe that they just keep plums in the icebox?More...