In Helen Chasin’s poem “The Word Plum” she describes the small purple fruit by using very descriptive words; to make the reader not only imagine the fruit but by making us smell and taste it too. Reading the poem a few times, both out loud and internally, to fully interpret what Chasin is trying to convey about the petite fruit, helped me to understand the poem further. A few words in which stood out about the juiciness of the plum included; pout and push. (1037). When reading these two words aloud, I could imagine a plump ripe plum at its prime readiness, the one searched and hoped for all season. In lines six through eight, she goes on to say taut skin pierced, bitten, provoked into juice, and tart flesh (1037). had me picturing eating this