Jenners over at Life with a Little One has a wicked sense of humour and she loves challenging us! Our mission – if we accept it – is to write our own mixed-up version of this famous William Carlos Williams’ poem:
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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I hope Williams isn’t turning in his grave! Here’s my contribution:
This is just to say
I have lost
my mind
the one in
my care
and which
you were saving
for someone
else
Forgive me
I’ll take good care of
the next one.
Promise!
Yes – you’re right. The silly season has just begun!
What a great assignment! I would surely give you an A. Every time I use that poem in class, the students just look at me blankly. Then I read “the red wheelbarrow” to them and they drop the class.
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Not bad. Not bad at all.
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You´re a natural! Loved them!
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You did a great job!
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I love it!
Jen
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That’s a good variant on a poem that I’ve never even heard of (shuffles away shame-facedly)
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That’s hilarious!
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Very cute!
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Well done, I am laughing with you!
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Hectic, I just lost my pen, but you lost your actual mind!
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Well I don’t know about William Carlos Williams, but I thought it was great! A mind is a terrible thing to waste … or lose! : )
Thanks for playing!
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You made it look so easy! More please.
xo
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Bravo!! You’re a poet and you didn’t even know it!! Hey…that rhymes!! ;-))
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You are better at this than I would be…. you did a great job. I laughed out loud! 🙂
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Perfect! It explains so much! 🙂
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Some of us already knew your mind was missing..now you wrote it down and everyone will know:)
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Good job!
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True of so many of us!
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A mind is a terrible thing to lose. hehehe Love the poem!
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