10 poems evryone needs to read

“This is Just to Say,” William Carlos

Williams

We love this poem for its sheer deliciousness. It

reads like a piece of the most beautifully written

found poetry — a note taped to the icebox door.

Succinct, simple, and yet juicy, the limited lines

profess a narrative far beyond what actually

exists on the page.

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