Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Slant Poetry Exercise #1: This is Just to Say

Slant Poetry Exercise #1:

A "Slant" Apology

William Carlos Williams

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 so cold
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Write your own ambivalent apology for something you really enjoyed. Write in short, rhythmic lines with simple, direct, vivid language. Try to maintain a matter-of-fact tone. (Any other ideas? Or, are any of these ideas odious?)

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