it was said

This poem is widely known, much praised, and probably parodied more than any other. If you’re poetry literate, you’ll probably recognize the poem right away.

It was said

I don’t eat
the peach
It is
inside
the fridge

what
it can
Therefore
do the country

I’m sorry
delicious
forever dear
And very personable

This poem has been translated thusly:

english > arabic > igbo > portuguese > dutch > mecedonian > cantonese > punjabi > english

Original:

This Is Just To Say

by William Carlos Williams

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