I have poured out
the rye
you had saved
on the counter
cause when
you are befuddled
enough
to eat up the plums
I had saved
for my breakfast
you better
stay sober a while
Basket of plums by Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Brendan asks us to write to the ghosts, in response to a poem at toads. I decided to give a response to WCW who stole the delicious plums from someone. I will also link up on Poetry Pantry tomorrow.
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January 20, 2018
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Hah. I’m sure the rye-drinker would reply this is just to say a bunch of expletives about what you can do with those plums.
That’s telling him! 😀
Now I’m going crazy trying to remember who wrote that poem you worked so gingerly with. Help!
William Carlos Williams
This is an excellent reply…sweet revenge 🙂
Nice one Björn
Muchl💝ove
A feast of words!
Perfect revenge for eating the plums! 🙂 🙂
I love WCW, but I also love this very funny response. Keep your hands off other people’s plums! Very welldone.
Great response, Bjorn!
Haha!💞 Well played, Bjorn 😀 I love this witty response to WCW!💞
Very funny indeed. We all have our weaknesses and hopefully a measure of forgiveness too.
Ha ha…so funny…eat the plums, lose the rye.
Oh, love your spin on WCW!
Oh this is clever, Bjorn! I have written poems in response to that poem as well….but yours definitely ‘takes the cake.’ Made me smile!!
Your poem goes well with the lovely painting … you gave it life and a story … hopefully sobriety will prevail. 😊
haha! This is such fun, Bjorn.. and the spoken word contains quite the cautionary tone.
I enjoyed that!
HAHAHA! It’s only fair to deprive the one who deprives us, I guess.
Ha ha! What a fun take on the plum poem.
NO! 🙂
You pour my rye on the counter, you better believe I’ll lick up every last drop.
Brilliant line breaks, sugar plum.
Pouring out the rye is definitely revenge. I smiled at the admonishing tone. So clever.
I know the feeling….I love plums.
Love your response!
kaykuala
Plums desired and subsequently devoured – a logical conclusion. Love the humor Bjorn!
Hank
This is a treat – the kind of poem that writes its own backstory, in your mind. And once again, I very much enjoyed your reading.
Ha ha… wonder what really happened to the plums!
This is a great response to the William Carlos Williams poem!
i remembered, when i was a member at an online poetry forum, we had a go at this poem, and some of the responses were really wicked. 🙂
This is just to say I love this! The implied threat…
Anna :o]
Ha. I love the sweet taste of vengeance in this. Great.
Refreshing response to the famous plums!
your version of “this is just to say” just made me smile!