William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883 - March 4, 19630) was an American poet closely associated with modernism and imagism. He was also a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine, a line of work that no doubt influenced the subjet matter of his poetry.

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