The book is set up as the product of the fictitious sixth grade class of Mrs. The first half contains eighteen poems, written by a sixth grade class and their teacher, followed by seventeen more poems that contain a response of forgiveness to the writers of the apologies.
In a cheeky tone, Thomas says,Īnd thus sets the tone for the rest of the book. Garcia in the front office for stealing the jelly doughnuts. The very next poem is written to imitate Williams as a young man named Thomas, apologizes to Mrs. Williams tries to sound contrite, but the utter lusciousness of the plums adds a bit of "sorry, not sorry" to the poem. Then I opened the book to find William Carlos Williams' poem "This Is Just to Say" that offers an apology to someone who left a bowl of delicious plums in the refrigerator, because he ate them.
When I first picked up Joyce Sidman's This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness, I was expecting something entirely on the somber side. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children. This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness.
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