27 May 2010

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

1 comment:

  1. This is just to say that Hazel and I were standing in the kitchen looking at the fridge trying to remember this poem about the plumbs in the icebox just yesterday. ... and today it appears on your blog!

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