This Is Just To Say

[PrinceMyshkin]

The following is a famous, much parodied poem by Wm Carlos Williams.


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

And here are some of the parodies on it. You’re invited to submit your own


VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
By Kenneth Koch
1
I chopped down the house that you had been saving to live in next summer.
I am sorry, but it was morning, and I had nothing to do
and its wooden beams were so inviting.
2
We laughed at the hollyhocks together
and then I sprayed them with lye.
Forgive me. I simply do not know what I am doing.
3
I gave away the money that you had been saving to live on for the next ten
years.
The man who asked for it was shabby
and the firm March wind on the porch was so juicy and cold.
4
Last evening we went dancing and I broke your leg.
Forgive me. I was clumsy and
I wanted you here in the wards, where I am the doctor!

[PrinceMyshkin]

This Is Just to Say

I have run over
Your cat
In the driveway.
This probably comes
As a disappointment to you.
Forgive me
I was in a hurry
And I hate that ****ing cat.

anonymous