In his film Paterson, Jim Jarmusch carries on the spirit of William Carlos Williams in noticing and celebrating the poetic beauty in everyday life. So should all of us.

Sources:
Brody, Richard. "Jim Jarmusch's 'Paterson' and the Myth of the Solitary Artist." The New Yorker, Condé Nast, 30 Dec. 2016.
Carter, Richard. "William Carlos Williams (1883–1963): physician-writer and 'godfather of avant garde poetry.'" The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Elsevier, 1 May 1999.
Prestridge, James. "Cinematic Poetry: An In-Depth Reading of Jim Jarmusch's Film Paterson (2016)." Close Up Culture, 4 May 2017.
Quart, Leonard. "Creating a Cinematic Prose Poem." Cineaste, vol. 42, no. 2, Spring 2017, pp. 28–30.

Film Credits:
Paterson. Directed by Jim Jarmusch, performances by Adam Driver, and Golshifteh Farahani, Warner Brothers, 2016.

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