Paired: Ian Baguskas + William Carlos Williams

An untitled photograph by Ian Baguskas, from his original Hey, Hot Shot! submission back in Spring 2006. Very different than his other work, but I still like it.

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

- William Carlos Williams

(Yes, I know that's a peach in Ian's photo and WCW is talking about plums, but it's late and I can't sleep even though I'm tired and this is the first photo that I thought of. And the first poem I thought of too, I've had WCW on the brain lately.)

Comments

[Liz]

I highly recommend listening to this episode of This American Life, specifically the spoofs of this poem.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1239

You can listen to the piece on the free player. The whole show is pretty amazing but the WCW part begins at about :51 minutes in. It takes a minute to load for the show to load but it's really worth it. A little funny. A little dark.

Enjoy!