“This is Just to Say,” William Carlos Williams
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10 poems evryone needs to read “This is Just to Say,” William Carlos Williams We love this poem for its sheer deliciousness. It reads like a piece of the most beautifully written found poetry — a note taped to the icebox door. Succinct, simple, and yet juicy, the limited lines profess a narrative far beyond what actually exists on the page. I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious
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Transcript of “This is Just to Say,” William Carlos Williams
10 poems evryone needs to read
“This is Just to Say,” William Carlos
Williams
We love this poem for its sheer deliciousness. It
reads like a piece of the most beautifully written
found poetry — a note taped to the icebox door.
Succinct, simple, and yet juicy, the limited lines
profess a narrative far beyond what actually
exists on the page.
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