Paterson (poem) caught Williams' attention for its use, with a technical skill that seemed to rival Pound's in "The Cantos", of such diverse and seemingly prosaic materials as notes from a congressional investigation, an X-ray report and a physician's testimony on cross-examination. He wrote to fellow poet Louis Zukofsky, "I've begun to think about poetic form again. So much has to be thought out and written out there before we can have any solid criticism and consequently well-grounded work here." In 1944, Williams read a poem by Byron Vazakas in "Partisan Review" that would help lead him to solutions in form and
Minamoto no Yorimasa it hard to tell irises from one another and pull just one</poem> "So, Yorimasa not only added to his reputation as an archer by shooting down a nue; he also proved himself a distinguished poet by winning with a single poem Lady Ayame, whom he had adored for years and months." Yorimasa's death poem was: <poem> "umoregi no/hana saku koto mo/nakarishi ni/mi no naru hate zo/kanashikarikeru" Like a fossil tree From which we gather no flowers Sad has been my life Fated no fruit to produce</poem> Minamoto no Yorimasa In the clashes between the Minamoto and Taira clans that had