10 April 2009

National Poetry Month - sweet and cold


This is just to say
by William Carlos Williams

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
at

6 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:38 AM

    Oh, I like that. Simple in a deceptive way.

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  2. amy12:26 PM

    My boys love this one. "He doesn't sound sorry at ALL!" they cry. And he doesn't.

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  3. Aunt Kathy2:20 PM

    At least he admitted it, asked for forgiveness... they stuff gets eaten here and NO ONE says anything, I suddenly go and it's gone... My poem would go much differently, LOL

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  4. Gal Friday4:58 PM

    That is one of my favorites--I love WCW.

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  5. Anonymous11:08 AM

    Did you hear This American Life over the weekend? There was a small segment on this poem with several new versions that were hilarious.

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  6. Stefanie8:42 PM

    One of my all-time favorite poems!

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