Monday, July 27, 2009

What's that poem about plums in the icebox?


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Why: Kristen posted this:


Answer: "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.
Source: Rice.edu

The More You Know: In addition to being one of the most famous American poets, Williams was also a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine.

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