January 2012
3 posts
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 :)
A Note to All:
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...
hannnuhg asked: since feeling is first is my favorite too :)
June 2011
1 post
hellowmellow asked: I cannot believe I haven't found this before.
Thank you thank you.
He's my absolute favorite
Thank you thank you.
He's my absolute favorite
May 2011
1 post
let it go – the smashed word broken open vow or the oath cracked length wise – let it go it was sworn to go
let them go – the truthful liars and the false fair friends and the boths and neithers – you must let them go they were born to go
let all go – the big small middling tall bigger really the biggest and all things – let all go dear
so comes love
— e.e. cummings
...
April 2011
3 posts
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...
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...
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."
“she being Brand
-new;and you
know consequently a
little stiff i was
careful...”
– 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...
February 2011
1 post
1 tag
“now what were motionless move(exists no
miracle mightier than this:to feel) ...”
– via rebeccahazewood
October 2010
1 post
1 tag
love is a place / e.e. cummings
lemdi:
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 worlds
Sunday mornings make me sappy.
July 2010
4 posts
Anonymous asked: Do you know if cummings' poem, "you shall above all things..." is in the public domain? I am working on a book for educators and want to us the poem's last two lines to provoke thinking about professional practice. The publisher/editor has warned me against using any poetry unless it is in the public domain because it is so challenging and so expensive to get permission to...
“You are tired,
(I think)
Of the always puzzle of living and doing;
And so am...”
– (Updated to include the entire poem. Found via mimitakestheleftturn:thelittlemermaid:bricorama:tamburina)
“youful
larger
of smallish)
Humble a
rosily
,nimblest;
c-urlin-g
noworld...”
“If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very...”
– e.e. cummings, foreward from is 5
June 2010
7 posts
Anonymous asked: If you were to get a tattoo and it has to be a line by cummings, what would you get:) And what poem is along the line of young love:)
“the hours rise up putting off stars and it is
dawn
into the street of the sky...”
– thanks to red-in-the-hague for alerting me to this! Go check out her tumblr to see photos of the wall on which she found this poem. yes, on a wall.
deejul asked: I'm currently looking for a quote for my senior class motto, one that will go on our commencement invitations. I've been looking at cummings' poems about youth. Have any suggestions?
“your little voice
Over the wires came leaping
and i felt suddenly
dizzy
With...”
ammirare asked: A suggestion:
Look for an audiobook of cummings himself delivering his poetry. I once checked out a two-disk set at a library, and it was interesting to see how the man himself would read his own poetry. If you're going for something more dramatic, it might not be the best route for inspiration, but otherwise, it's a keen resource to check out.
Look for an audiobook of cummings himself delivering his poetry. I once checked out a two-disk set at a library, and it was interesting to see how the man himself would read his own poetry. If you're going for something more dramatic, it might not be the best route for inspiration, but otherwise, it's a keen resource to check out.
wellbalancedexp asked: i'm doing ccumming's poem in just for my public speaking class, i was just wondering what kind of tone i should use?
cowpiesurprise asked: I've always loved Cummings' works and I'm so glad to have found this Tumblr so I can discover more. (: Thank you so much!
May 2010
1 post
“old age sticks
up Keep
Off
signs)&
youth yanks them
down(old
age...”
April 2010
11 posts
“you shall above all things be glad and young
For if you’re young,whatever...”
“anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring...”
fuckyeahheather asked: Have you posted "anyone lived in a pretty how town"? That's one of my favorites.
“i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without...”
Anonymous asked: I wouldn't usually do something like this, but your tumblr inspired me to start one of my own after my favorite poet, T. S. Eliot.
tseliot.tumblr.com is the url, I would appreciate the advertisement. ;).
tseliot.tumblr.com is the url, I would appreciate the advertisement. ;).
Anonymous asked: this tumblr popped up through a reblog on my dash, and after reading through a few pages i chose him as a subject for the paper i had been assigned :D so hey, thanks!
“ygUDuh
ydoan
yunnuhstan
ydoan o...”
“you said Is
there anything which
is dead or alive more beautiful
than my...”
megmess asked: How are you almost through Cummings? I have the Cummings anthology and you haven't posted nearly half of his works. Need submissions?
un asked: Just keep reposting Cummings please.
librarianpirate asked: I adore EE - how did I not know this existed? ANYWAY - I know he's all popular and whatnot but I adore Billy Collins. Litany is my favorite poem ever and Marginalia is partially the reason I'm a librarian. (There are lots of reasons.)
“yonder deadfromtheneckup graduate of a
somewhat obscure to be sure university...”
March 2010
3 posts
“yes is a pleasant country:
if’s wintry
(my lovely)
let’s open the...”
Kris Delmhorst, “Pretty How Town”
...
February 2010
6 posts
“why did you go
little fourpaws?
you forgot to shut
your big eyes.
where did...”
somanypossibilities asked: there's one poem i knew but i can't remember what it was. it was a love poem, and it had something about daffodils and i think rain. does this ring any bells?
alyfresh asked: I've always loved the ever-popular poem 'i carry your heart with me,' but until recently, I was not very familiar with Cummings' work. I just purchased a book full of his poetry, and I will never be the same! What an amazing writer. Just wanted to let you know that next to the aforementioned poem, I absolutely love 'it is so long since my heart has been with yours.' I...
“who sharpens every dull
here comes the only man
reminding with his bell
to...”
“who knows if the moon’s
a balloon,coming out of a keen city
in the...”
“Where’s Madge then,
Madge and her men?
buried with
Alice in her hair,...”
January 2010
13 posts
“when serpents bargain for the right to squirm
and the sun strikes to gain a...”
“when life is quite through with
and leaves say alas,
much is to do
for the...”
Anonymous asked: This site is brilliant - fitting for a brilliant poet :) After reading the last message thanking you for this tumblr I felt I'd better express my appreciation also.
Just out of curiosity, why cummings? What about his poetry attracts you?
Just out of curiosity, why cummings? What about his poetry attracts you?
Anonymous asked: what happens when you've posted them all?
Anonymous asked: i just wanted to tell you this is awesome - thanks!
“when hair falls off and eyes blur And
thighs forget(when clocks whisper
and...”
“when faces called flowers float out of the ground
and breathing is wishing and...”
“gives the truth to summer’s lie;
bloodies with dizzying leaves the sun...”