This is just to say

I’ve got a brief prompt for you today, inspired by a brief poem about a brief note, by William Carlos Williams.

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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

—by William Carlos Williams

a writing prompt

Write a brief note beginning with “This is just to say…”

Write it to someone you live with, or to your neighbor mowing the grass too early in the day, or to the stranger who smiled at you on the street. 

Or even to yourself.