I’m enjoying the poetry of [William Carlos Williams](https:\/\/www.poets.org\/poetsorg\/poet\/william-carlos-williams), credited as one of the leaders of the [Imagist](https:\/\/www.poets.org\/poetsorg\/text\/brief-guide-imagism) movement, which sought to rescue poetry from the vague and flowery language of Georgian Romanticism.<\/p>\n
My favorite is the funny and surprising “[This Is Just To Say](https:\/\/www.poets.org\/poetsorg\/poem\/just-say)”, which is also [great for parodies](http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2015\/07\/poem-becomes-meme-forgive-me.html).<\/p>\n
> (This is just to say)<\/p>\n
> I have eaten
\nthe plums
\nthat were in
\nthe icebox<\/p>\n
> and which
\nyou were probably
\nsaving
\nfor breakfast<\/p>\n
> Forgive me
\nthey were delicious
\nso sweet
\nand so cold<\/p>\n
Ezra Pound described the core tenets of Imagism as:<\/p>\n
* Direct treatment of the \u201cthing,” whether subjective or objective.
\n* To use absolutely no word that does not contribute to the presentation
\n* As regarding rhythm: to compose in sequence of the musical phrase, not in sequence of the metronome.<\/p>\n
To the extent product design can reflect poetry, those would be pretty good design principles too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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