I visited a friend this morning to deliver a little bit of sewing she had asked me to do for her. She paid for the fabric – then kindly gave me some plums as well. I’ve put them in my lovely dish from Crail Pottery [here]
And I remembered this brilliant poem…
THIS IS JUST TO SAY…I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfastForgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold[by William Carlos Williams]
Lovely poem. You could substitute any number of things for 'plums' there!
ReplyDeleteTry writing that poem out in normal lines and then reading it - it seems quite impolite.
ReplyDelete(I was given it in that form when I was studying interpreting and looking at different types of writing. When I was then given it set out as above it took on a totally different meaning...)
Delicious looking plums!
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