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The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams | Poetry Foundation

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Recordings of poet William Carlos Williams, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded 1942, New York, NY, and May 5, 1945, Recording Laboratory, Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Just what does depend on that old wheelbarrow, anyway? This poem has learning resources. William Carlos Williams was born the first of two sons of an English father and a Puerto Rican mother of French, Dutch, Spanish, and Jewish ancestry, and he grew up in Rutherford, New Jersey. He was a medical doctor, poet, novelist, essayist, and playwright. With...

Share so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens Copyright Credit: William Carlos Williams, “The Red Wheelbarrow” from The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams, Volume I, 1909-1939, edited by Christopher MacGowan. Copyright 1938 by New Directions Publishing Corporation. Public Domain. Source: The Collected Poems: Volume I 1909-1939 (New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1938)

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