“This Is Just To Say…” Celebrating William Carlos Williams

Please join the Hoboken Historical Museum and Poet in Residence Danny Shot on Sunday, September 22nd at 4pm to celebrate the legacy of New Jersey poet William Carlos Williams. This event will feature Catherine Doty, Frank Rubino, Claudia Serea, and Joel Lewis as featured readers.

The title of the event “This Is Just To Say…” comes from Williams’ iconic sorry/not sorry poem, which has been interpreted in various ways over the years, but may have simply been a note he left for his wife on the refrigerator door.

This Is Just to Say

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

William Carlos Williams had a profound influence on American poetry and inspired the Beat generation. He practice medicine in Rutherford, NJ. The museum is honored to celebrate his legacy and New Jersey roots.

This event is free and will also be livestreamed on the Hoboken Historical Museum’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. Directions and a schedule of events are available at www.hobokenmuseum.org.