JB, I don't think of the minimalist stunts like Red Wheel-barrow or "This Is Just To Say" as William's most characteristic approach...WCW, of course, wrote in a lot of styles, including some metrical verse. The above are samples of the style which has become most influential, Post WWII.
It's not bad-- there's some meat on the bone. But it has become a sophisticated mannerism. It's the sort of thing that's normative at Gazebo.
I wrote these articles a time ago...mostly for my own amusement. It's a sleepy board, so it seemed harmless to post them...even if you and a coupl'a people are the only ones who read them. I hope they don't sound too smug. Think of them as partly tounge-in-cheek, partly notes by a working poet (as much theory as I need).
I'll post one about minimalism.
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