• Bldck@beehaw.orgEnglish
      5·
      8 hours ago

      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

      I’m not a fan of poetry either, but this is one I really love. It’s simple, direct. I love the unrepentant nature of the speaker

      • Akasazh@feddit.nlEnglish
        3·
        4 hours ago

        This poem was in my English classroom. I preferred the following one, though:

        I saw a man pursuing the horizon;

        Round and round they sped.

        I was disturbed at this;

        I accosted the man.

        “It is futile,” I said, “You can never —”

        “You lie,” he cried,
        And ran on.

    • taaz@biglemmowski.winEnglish
      1·
      12 hours ago

      unsure if the translations work well in english but checkout Christian Morgenstern, he made similar “silly” poems