Poetry Exercise #1, Take 4

A poem modeled after William Carlos Williams' poem The Red Wheelbarrow.

so much depends upon

a hazelnut brown stick

sensitive ears

like a dog’s

piercing eyes above

a story-telling posture

A black set of tails

holding a man

Author's Note

A writing exercise for a poetry class.

We wrote with this template in mind, a poem by William Carlos Williams:

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens.

This is the fourth of my many attempts to imitate this form.

This particular attempt is also a riddle. If you feel smart, try to guess what I am describing in this poem.