This Is Just to Say [VARIABLE VARIABLE]

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November 20, 2013 | 1

I’ve noted before how William Carlos Williams’s famous poem, “This Is Just to Say,” has become an internet meme, but I haven’t noted the ongoing and delightfully random “Just to Say” Twitter bot. And also, I haven’t before linked to Tammy Ho Lai-Ming’s riff on Williams’s rhythms.

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Dear Reader

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“Puzzled as to why her mother had not figured out “Miriam” on her own — or why, after Capote became famous, she did not say much about her letter and his answer — Ms. Akers sought clues.” The New York Times writes about recently discovered letter from Truman Capote to a young reader who misunderstood his first published story. Read our own Michael Bourne on the tragedy of Capote’s life.

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One comment:

  1. This Is Just To Say (Office Version)

    I have Ex-Lax’d
    My leftovers
    You’d steal
    From the breakroom

    Forgive me
    Vengeance — delicious!
    So sweet
    And so cold

    Moe Murph
    (Can’t find shorter word than “vengeance” — needs to get back to work already)

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