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Comment 19 of 79, added on June 6th, 2005 at 11:33 AM.
it was about this all junk crap in my shorts and this dumb fool sold his
wife on e-bay
rick from New Zealand
Comment 18 of 79, added on June 1st, 2005 at 8:37 PM.
what if the poem was about rape.
does it still "suck"?
i think it's pretty genius.
Sam from United States
Comment 17 of 79, added on May 19th, 2005 at 10:13 PM.
i agree with dani this poem dosn't have a profound meening its just there
and if u like it or dont thats your problem, me personaly......i like it
devil child from United States
Comment 16 of 79, added on May 12th, 2005 at 2:18 PM.
to the commentor who suggested that this is the perfect exemplar of why all
poetry sucks, i wonder if you could try to look to the relationship
suggested by those simple words. it tells of two whole lives, if you are
willing to imagine them. the speaker who's sly and sweet, and gets his way
because of his ability with words. the "you" in the poem, wife, or
roommate, or whomever, who is perhaps happily resigned to life with someone
as gifted and selfish as the speaker. at least he's grateful. he loved
the plums so much he wrote poetry about them. it'd be too hard to stay mad
at a guy like that. besides, Williams was writing at the same time as guys
like T.S. Eliot whose best works were written in four and five different
languages (all in one poem.) this guy, in contrast, was trying to show
little corners of life that were simple, but significant. and he used
simple but significant words to get that across. congrats on your poetry
award. may you live to deserve it.
matt from United States
Comment 15 of 79, added on April 10th, 2005 at 3:57 PM.
This poem is neither deep nor good. Poetry sucks. I wrote the stupidest
poem ever and was a Regional Winner in the National Poetry Contest. Just
goes to show you that people need to get a hold of themselves.
Josh
Comment 14 of 79, added on April 5th, 2005 at 12:43 PM.
Went looking for this poem on line yesterday after a staff member left a
bag of cookies in our lounge with a simple note that read "These are fig
newtons. Enjoy." Reminded me of this poem.....
Kathy from United States
Comment 13 of 79, added on April 1st, 2005 at 8:56 PM.
This poem is a very simple love poem, and like all WCW poems, he sets the
picture in the minds of the reader. YOu can see him going to the fridge,
eating the plums, then remembering they were his wife's plums. Then he sits
down at the kitchen table, lifts a pen and a napkin and writes his apology
in the best way he knows.... a poem. A simple love poem.
To Brodie Bruce: you may say "why cant i be famous for writing something
like that?" Well the fact is, you didn't write it. WCW pushes the boundries
of language in his poetry, and most poets are too scared to do that. It's
like there's some invisible way to write poetry, and there's not. I mean,
if you wrote something truely from the heart, not worrying about the
apparent way poetry should be written I have no doubt you'd be famous for
it.
Beki from Australia
Comment 12 of 79, added on March 24th, 2005 at 8:01 AM.
This might be Williams'own way of differentiating his poems and setting
among other American poets. Americans don't eat plums for break fast.Where
goes cherriors, milk, french toast?.He has travelled and look at things
different.Howver he might have eaten plums that were reserved for breakfast
by his partner and which is something he loves.That could be his own way of
letting her know she better figure out something else for breakfast.
mbah usman from United States
Comment 11 of 79, added on March 15th, 2005 at 11:03 AM.
This is
just to say This is
a Love Poem
A verbal hug A written kindness
Clyde from United States
Comment 10 of 79, added on March 7th, 2005 at 4:17 PM.
I think this poem is about the person's greed and selfishness and how after
thinking about it, he is sorry for what he did. He took the plums even
though they belonged to someone else.. I'm not sure I find this poet quite
confusing..
Rob from Canada
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it was about this all junk crap in my shorts and this dumb fool sold his
wife on e-bay
rick from New Zealand