<b>This is Just to Say </b> I have eaten the plums that we… - William Carlos Williams

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This is Just to Say

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

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William Carlos Williams (17 September 1883 – 4 March 1963) was an American poet and physician.

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Imagination though it cannot wipe out the sting of remorse can instruct the mind in its proper uses.

As birds' wings beat the solid air without which none could fly so words freed by the imagination affirm reality by their flight.

Unworldly love
that has no hope
of the world

and that
cannot change the world
to its delight — The rain
falls upon the earth
and grass and flowers

come
perfectly

into form from its
liquid

clearness

But love is
unworldly

and nothing
comes of it but love

<b>This is Just to Say </b> I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were d… - William Carlos Williams

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