so sweet and so cold

~ Live & Learn

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

~ William Carlos Williams, “This Is Just To Say” (1962)

Notes: Photo – Freedom Smoke USA (via Lulu Graubart).  Poem: (via Schonwieder)

22 thoughts on “so sweet and so cold”

  5. OMG,
    Two things, first, I got a parking ticket because Caleb didn’t remind me it was Wednesday 😦
    Second, I started watching a movie yesterday. Was not all that into it and didn’t get to see it to the ending.
    But I just saw the ending, something with W. C. W., and I kept thinking I haven’t heard of him before but I did hear the name recently. This morning. The Plum Poet 🙂

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  9. Streuselkuchen (I’ve checked the dictionary, this IS a German-American word) with plums and cinnamon… and six weeks summer-holidays before me… Life can be so great!

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