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| William Carlos Williams |
William Carlos Williams was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, in 1883. He
began writing poetry while a student at Horace Mann High School, at which time
he made the decision to become... More > |
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| This Is Just To Say
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by William Carlos Williams |
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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 |
Copyright © 1962 by William Carlos Williams. Used with permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved.
No part of this poem may be reproduced in any form without the written consent
of the publisher. |
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