Sunday, October 26, 2008

This Is Just to Say

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

--William Carlos Williams

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I HATE you.

A rejoinder:

http://wondermark.com/410/

WCW is SUCH a tool (though I know a certain pale, skinny English major abroad who would likely disagree). You want a real poem? Try some cake (or listen to some).

Anonymous said...

Were they stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon? If not, USELESS.

ADM said...

Did you just try and show me the cake poem that you got out of MY book? "Verses that Hurt"?

I gave up on poetry long ago, but I've never actually read this one before.

Anonymous said...

Oh my God I'd forgotten the title of that "Anthology." Verses That Hurt. You have got to be fucking kidding me.

Good times. Makes me miss college.