For me, poetry isn’t a rational thing. The responses it triggers are emotional, not logical. If a poem doesn’t touch me, I move on. If it does, I listen and wonder about what the response means. Today, I re-read William Carlos Williams’ poem ‘This is just to say’ and found that it left a bad … Continue reading When a poem gets under my skin… and leaves a rash. Some thoughts on William Carlos William’s ‘This Is Just To Say’