In1991,
In 1991, Art Sontz (1917-2006), my beloved father in law, completed a course in poetry. He was required to use a famous poem as a model. Dad found a short one and then “went to work.”
The Red Wheelbarrow
by William Carlos Williams
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens
Its Paint is Peeling
by Arthur Sontz
its handles are
broken
its paint is
peeling
its covered with snow-white
shit
from those
chickens
Arthur Sontz
