Tag Archives: response to William Carlos Williams

This Is Still to Say

{in response to William Carlos Williams} .. I am sick of plums and that damn empty icebox which never has anything worth saving for breakfast Forgive me I am also not much worth saving   .. Poetic Asides November Chapbook … Continue reading

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This Is Just {Remixed} To Say

.. There were never any plums in that damn icebox in the first place to save for breakfast or otherwise Forgive me but you forgot to put them on the list   .. Remixed from day 17’s poem, and of … Continue reading

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 What I Meant To Say  

  I ate the plums to spite you which was probably why you left before breakfast Forgive me you were so mean and so cold   .. Poetic Asides November Chapbook Challenge, day 17. (With obvious nod to William Carlos … Continue reading

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This Is Just To Say {Again}

(after William Carlos Williams ‘This Is Just To Say’)   .. I have breathed in the nom de plumes that were in the night sky and which you were certainly saving for another poem. Forgive me they were enchanting starspun … Continue reading

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The poem’s the thing.

.. The thing has wheels, a bar -row. It’s red, and it matters. We don’t know why. It’s raining. There are chickens. (Whether or not they have yet crossed the road is open to interpretation.) They are white. (Lest ye … Continue reading

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Sour Grapes

(in response to William Carlos Williams)   .. This is just to say I didn’t want those dumb plums anyway     . Prompted by Poetic Asides.    

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