e. e. cummings
e. e. cummings
Edward Estlin Cummings, known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as e e cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. His body of work encompasses approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays and several essays, as well as numerous drawings and paintings. He is remembered as an eminent voice of 20th century English literature...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth14 October 1894
CityCambridge, MA
CountryUnited States of America
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And now you are and I am and we're a mystery which will never happen again.
The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else.
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you
Listen; there's a hell of a good universe next door: let's go.
Your slightest look easily will unclose me, though I have closed myself as fingers, you open petal by petal myself a Spring opens her first rose.
There is no music unless the drum and the drummer are one.
notice the convulsed orange inch of moon perching on this silver minute of evening
Exists no miracle mightier than this: to feel.
You have played, (I think) And broke the toys you were fondest of, And are a little tired now; Tired of things that break, and— Just tired. So am I.
Well, write poetry, for God's sake, it's the only thing that matters.
Nobody loses all the time.
Who knows if the moon's / a balloon, coming out of a keen city / in the sky - filled with pretty people?
because it's Spring thingS dare to do people (& not the other way round)because it 's A pril Lives lead their own persons(in stead of everybodyelse's)but what's wholly marvellous my Darling is that you & i are more than you & i(be ca us e It's we)
Always it’s Spring)and everyone’s in love and flowers pick themselves.