Linchpins

Over the weekend, I read An Abundance of Katherines and The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, two books perched atop my reading list since February when I finished Looking For Alaska.  Neither disappointed.

In The Fault In Our Stars, Green’s heroine, Hazel, cites the American poet William Carlos Williams:

The Red Wheelbarrow

so much depends

upon

a red wheel

barrow

glazed with rain

water

beside the white

chickens

Hazel tries her hand at a few imitations.  I thought I would try mine, too.  The best of my attempts:

so much depends

upon

a Yes!

with details to

come later

so much depends

upon

participants

thrown into the deep end

being able to swim

so much depends

upon

a text message

that reads,

"Home"

so much depends

upon

openness

to ideas in heaven and earth

not dreamt of in

our philosophy

so much depends

upon

egos

shed at the door

like winter clothes