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
Broadway Journal a short time. In a November 15, 1845, letter to friend and poet Thomas Holley Chivers he vowed, "I will make a fortune of it yet." Even so, the publication officially ended with a final issue dated January 3, 1846, which included the valedictory: After taking over full control of the "Journal", Poe had asked for the support of friends. Referring to this after its closure, Cornelia Wells Walter of the "Boston Evening Transcript" wrote a poem: <poem> To trust in friends is but so so Especially when cash is low; The Broadway Journal's proved ""no go"" — "Friends" would