29 July 2019: "A Space of Light" by Allie Jo Dreadfulwater

Sunlight

buds and

blooms shafts
of human experience;
tendon-like ropes, 

context- a space

we can see,

the space you see

in me. A darkness

left to ooze; blistering

shards of light-

crystalline hope;

the fire of the

Soul to unite 

Heaven and Earth. 

Allie Jo Dreadfulwater

January 5, 2019

27 July 2019: "Heimkebr" by Heinrich Heine

I'm reading Anna Karenina. A character quoted the below poem. I'm not sure if it is a except or the full poem. When I googled the text from my phone i didn't find anything. I'll search again later from my computer.

It is heavenly when i mastered
My earthly desire;
But whenever i did not succeed
I still took my pleasure.

Heine's Nacheles Zur "Heimkebr," 9

7 July 2019: Day Five: "This Is Just to Say," by Starlee Kine.

Day five: "This Is just to Say" Series, click the link for more info.

"This Is Just to Say," by Starlee Kine. 

One, 

I chose the other 
girl. I'm sorry. 
It's not just that 
I'm more attracted 
to her. 
It's also that 
she is more 
interesting. 

Two, 

I used your dog 
as an excuse 
to pick up girls 
at the dog park, 

which is especially 
tacky since I'm 
your boyfriend. 
Please forgive me. 
I'm really bad at 
being in a relationship, 
and I'm pretty sure 
I told you that when \
we first got together

6 July 2019: Day Four: "This Is Just To Say" by David Rakoff

Day four: "This Is just to Say" Series, click the link for more info.

"This Is Just To Say" by David Rakoff

At our wedding
I disappeared briefly
To have sex with your sister
Up against the back of the port-o-sans
What can I say
The chardonnay was so fresh and cold
And I so full of love and a sense of family
And I said, I'm sure
One day we'll laugh about this
Well, by one day
I meant that day
And by we
I meant me
And by laugh
I meant laugh

5 July 2019: "This Is just to Say" Day Three by Andrew Vecchione

Day three: "This Is just to Say" Series, click the link for more info. The follow poem was supposedly written by a sixth grader.
 
"Sorry, But It Was Beautiful" by Andrew Vecchione

This is just to say
sorry I took your money
and burned it.

But it looked
like the world falling apart
when it crackled and burned.

So I think it was worth it.
After all
you can't see the world fall apart every day.

4 July 2019: "This Is Just to Say" Day Two by Kenneth Koch

Day two: "This Is just to Say" Series, click the link for more info.

"Variations on a Theme by William Carlos William" by Kenneth Koch

                                                                  1

I chopped down the house that you had been saving to live in next

     summer.

I am sorry, but it was morning, and I had nothing to do

and its wooden beams were so inviting.

                                                                  2

We laughed at the hollyhocks together

and then I sprayed them with lye.

Forgive me. I simply do not know what I am doing.

                                                                  3

I gave away the money that you had been saving to live on for the next ten

     years.

The man who asked for it was shabby

and the firm March wind on the porch was so juicy and cold.

                                                                  4

Last evening we went dancing and I broke your leg.

Forgive me. I was clumsy, and

I wanted you here in the wards, where I am the doctor!

3 July 2019: "This Is Just to Say" Day One by William Carlos Williams

There's a famous William Carlos Williams poem called "This is Just to Say." It's about, among other things, causing a loved one inconvenience and offering a non-apologizing apology. It's only three lines long, you've probably read it...the one about eating the plums in the icebox. Producer Sean Cole explains that this is possibly the most spoofed poem around. We asked some of our regular contributors to get into the act. Sarah Vowell, David Rakoff, Starlee Kine, Jonathan Goldstein, Shalom Auslander and Heather O'Neill all came up with their own variations of Williams's classic lines.

The except is for Act 2 of episode "354: Mistakes Were Made" from the podcast This American Life. This is starting our "This Is Just to Say" mini series. 

"This Is Just To Say" by William Carlos Williams

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