SO MUCH DEPENDS UPON A YELLOW MOTORCYCLE

I thought of the striking poetic image of a red wheelbarrow in the rain as I watched my friend Guy Henry drive away from our coffee date on his yellow motorcycle. With apologies to William Carlos Williams:

THE YELLOW MOTORCYCLE
by J.M.

so much depends
upon

a yellow motor
cycle

glazed with California
sunshine

beside the silver
car.

THE RED WHEELBARROW
by William Carlos Williams

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens.