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Analysis and comments on To A Poor Old Woman by William Carlos Williams

Comment 3 of 3, added on January 15th, 2006 at 8:13 PM.

It is the real srtist who invites us to see the world in a new way. To
take the common-ness of plums and help us see the full-ness of life in that
mundane act of a poor old woman relishing the moment--enjoying the
basic-sweetness of her plums; this is the enjoyment of life made plain in
the simple things around us.

Big Lew from United States
Comment 2 of 3, added on July 31st, 2005 at 3:01 PM.

It's a poem about plums, yes. But also about being here now, about the
ways that we can be transported out of feelings of pain and anxiety if we
can give ourselves over fully to life's small pleasures. So yes it's about
plums (perfect, round, the promised momentary perfection of the world), and
love, and poetry, and being here in the now-ness of life.
One of my favorites

Brnadon Block from United Kingdom
Comment 1 of 3, added on January 24th, 2005 at 10:51 AM.

this poem makes me hungry...
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. Plummmmy. :)
I love the way this poem explains how the plums taste.

Heather Feather from United States



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Poet: William Carlos Williams
Poem: To A Poor Old Woman
Added: Feb 20 2003
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