Plums :)

The poem this week is really short, so I'll just post it :)

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

I think this poem is a cute, feel-good poem :)
To me, it sounds like a note left to a friend or significant other. It's only three stanzas long, with four lines in every stanza. There is no rhyme scheme, but the sentences are broken up in strange ways that don't allow the poem to flow freely. I believe the author wrote it this way to emphasize the short, note-like feel to it. William Carlos Williams keeps the tone very light and slightly apologetic, but when you read into the poem, it's almost slightly humorous.

The fact that in the last stanza Williams describes the exact taste of the plums is an almost taunting kind of way is what makes it funny.

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

Delicious, sweet, and cold plums are bound to make anyone jealous, and even more so when he stole the plums from someone else, knowing they were planning on eating them. I don't think it's a bullying type of taunting, but rather the playful taunting people do when they're around someone they are close to. Also, fruit in general are a sign of life -- perhaps relating back to spring and an approach of "taking a bit out of life." Although I'd be very upset if someone took my yummy plums, it's difficult not to find this poem endearing. :)

I don't think this poem has any deep, significant meaning behind it -- it's not teaching the matter of apologies and forgiveness, nor do the plums stand for anything really extreme.. it's just a summery, light poem that includes personal experiences meant to relate the reader to the poem. :)

It's a beautiful life :)