WHAT SPARKS POETRY:
ARRON MCCOLLOUGH ON WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS'S
"THIS IS JUST TO SAY"
"The poem is ultimately more about what isn’t there (the plums, the speaker, respect for the beloved’s property) than it is about what was there momentarily (the sensual pleasure of something “so sweet / and so cold” or the speaker’s remorse, however genuine)." | 