• bluegreenpurplepink
    6·
    11 days ago
    • 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

    (This Is Just To Say, William Carlos Williams)

      • Two9A
        3·
        11 days ago

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        So succinct, so poetic.

        • monotremata@lemmy.caEnglish
          3·
          11 days ago

          oops! Sorry. It’s a recent (well, compared to the original) parody/homage/whatever of the poem:

          • This is just to say
          • I have eaten
          • the rich
          • that were at
          • the golf club
          • and which
          • you were probably
          • saving
          • for class war
          • Forgive me
          • they were delicious
          • so white
          • and so old

          It was posted on Twitter by “your friend Helen” (@hels) many years back. I assume they were the author but I really don’t know.