Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts

Friday, May 8, 2009

William Carlos Williams

This is just to say . . .


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

Sunday, April 26, 2009

David Whyte

David Whyte says that "Poetry is a street fighter. It has sharp elbows. It can look after itself."