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