This is Just to Say

In my senior year of high school, I was given my first introduction to poetry by Mr. Endicott, my teacher. Though he was an excellent teacher, and really loved poetry, I did not enjoy it very much. It seemed to me that most poets were cheating if they didn't rhyme, which meant when we read this poem by William Carlos Williams, I did not think too highly of it. The result was what might well be my first poem, a parody. I hope you enjoy.

This is Just to Say

I have stopped
caring about
the poems given
in class

and which
you were probably
thinking
had meaning

Forgive me
they were idiotic
so simple
so dull