eecummingspoetry asked: I'm also an E.E. Cummings enthusiast and think the idea of a tumblr for him is just great. I've started my own and would love to have support of your followers as well now that you're taking a bit of a break from posting! Figure there's enough e.e. love to go around :)
Alright, tumblrs, have at it!
As I’m sure you’ve noticed, I don’t often post to this tumblr anymore. It’s for no one reason in particular; there are many more poems out there, but from my end, the posting has more or less run its course. This isn’t a final end to the tumblr, though. I’ll be around. Please continue to stop by - I always love to hear how much other people appreciate ee cummings - and I’m sure I will post things every once in a while as they come across my dash.
Thanks!
hannnuhg asked: since feeling is first is my favorite too :)
:-)
hellowmellow asked: I cannot believe I haven't found this before.
Thank you thank you.
He's my absolute favorite
You’re quite welcome. :-)
let it go – the
smashed word broken
open vow or
the oath cracked length
wise – let it go it
was sworn to
golet them go – the
truthful liars and
the false fair friends
and the boths and
neithers – you must let them go they
were born
to golet all go – the
big small middling
tall bigger really
the biggest and all
things – let all go
dearso comes love
— e.e. cummings
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Anonymous asked: hello!
do you know if this poem is really cummings'?
"may I be I is the only prayer—
not may I be great or good
or beautiful or wise or strong."
i read it on the internet, but can't find it in any of his books nor the "poem hunter" website =(
thank you so much!
mari (my email is mnoffs@gmail.com, in case you dont want to answer here)
I couldn’t figure this out either (surprise, I’m not actually an ee cummings guru! just a big fan). Does anyone know? Email her!
mellymouse asked: So I love love love this idea. I just want to point out that while it's popular to lower-case-ify his name, it's proper to capitalize it. He signed letters, etc. in lower case as a humility thing -- same with the lower case i's. He never changed his name to lower case or preferred to be referred to in lower case, like bell hooks. So E. E. Cummings is "more correct."
The more you know!
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know consequently a
little stiff i was
careful of her and(having
thoroughly oiled the universal
joint tested my gas felt of
her radiator made sure her springs were O.
K.)i went right to it flooded-the-carburetor cranked her
up,slipped the
clutch(and then somehow got into reverse she
kicked what
the hell)next
minute i was back in neutral tried and
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oh and her gears being in
A 1 shape passed
from low through
second-in-to-high like
greasedlightning)just as we turned the corner of Divinity
avenue i touched the accelerator and give
her the juice,good
(it
was the first ride and believe i we was
happy to see how nice she acted right up to
the last minute coming back down by the Public
Gardens i slammed on
the
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e.e. cummings
I did a reading of this poem for my 11th grade english class and I remember being totally nervous about pretending to have a sexual climax in front of my peers. My point was that some of his poems were meant to be read aloud, such as this one, wherein the rhythm with which he writes helps give meaning to the poem.
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(Source: mlleh)
love is a place
& through this place of
love move
(with brightness of peace)
all places
yes is a world
& in this world of
yes live
(skilfully curled)
all worldsSunday mornings make me sappy.
