Yesterday was staff in-service day at work. The closing speaker was E. Ethelbert Miller, editor of Poet Lore. He read a fantastic poem by Tim Barnes, "Spoons, an Appreciation" but I can't find a copy of it to share with you.
Lately, I have been thinking a lot about the poetry and beauty of the everyday. So, I share this one with you today.
"This is Just to Say"
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the ice box
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
--William Carlos Williams
Emily Beeson at whimsy has the round up!
2 comments:
I do love this one - it was first read to me in the deep, laconic tones of my freshman poetry professor, and I always will forever hear him reading it.
i'm going to narrate this poem in a scene for my film as a close-up of many pregnant tummies are filmed one after the other for the duration of the poem.
the more i concentrate on the layers upon layers of beauty around me, the more wealthy i feel.
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