William Carlos Williams This Is Just To Say

William Carlos Williams wrote his most famous poem in 1934 entitled "This is To Say." He is credited with creating a writing style referred to as the minimalist set. His writings show the purpose of building real images. Williams set the tone of his poems with the use of simple words, short phrases, and plain talk, without the typical form or rhyming. So how then is it a poem? Was it just a note on the refrigerator door left for his wife? In today's time, it would work nicely as a tweet. When asked in an interview about this poem his response is as mysterious as the poem itself. He gives no specific answer, rather a non-answer, like a poem itself. He could have explained it as Supercalafragilisticexpadalious, and we would all understand. Williams creates with the poem "This is Just to Say," a bid from the reader to respond. The response is in the imagination of the reader.
His research uses what he refers to as a "bid" for a response from the partner. His famous studies reveal that those relationships that have low response rates from their partners have the highest rate of relationship failure. However, those partners who have the highest rates of response to a partners "bid" have almost certain success rates for long-term success. Individuals who practice sending and responding positively to bids have lasting healthy relationships.
William Carlos Williams was by trade a doctor. It would not be a stretch to assume that during his training he studied the psychological effects on one's health. He, better than most, understood how positive experiences promote healthy minds and body. He chose the words of this poem carefully to say nothing about something, with his intent and meaning a