Sunday, July 24, 2022

"THIS IS JUST TO SAY...."


These plums, ice-cold from the refrigerator, were my breakfast this morning, along with my coffee.  While enjoying their just-right sourness, I thought of the poem by William Carlos Williams:  (This kind of plum is Serbia's national fruit, used from raw, dumplings, all the way to shitovitz, Serbia's plum brandy.)

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 cold


MOTHER AND SON PIZZA

When hunger strikes...