02 Aug 09
Originally posted by Chucklets37"To a Poor Old Woman
"So much depends,
on a red whellbarrow.
Glazed in the rainwater,
beside the white chickens."
W.C.W.
munching a plum on
the street a paper bag
of them in her hand
They taste good to her
They taste good
to her. They taste
good to her
You can see it by
the way she gives herself
to the one half
sucked out in her hand
Comforted
a solace of ripe plums
seeming to fill the air
They taste good to her"
-William Carlos Williams
