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Marie Charon's avatar

ee cummings is one of my all time favs. thanks for sharing!

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Devo/Murphy Carpenter's avatar

This is evocative e.e. Would be proud

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Lee Baker DeVore's avatar

One of the very first poets I fell in love with. The other followed, though quite different: Rilke.

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G. K. Allum's avatar

Rilke is one of my gods!

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Lee Baker DeVore's avatar

Yes ❤️

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Cynthia Elder's avatar

ee cummings was formative for me. Thanks for reminding us.

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Suzu's avatar

Oh wow! I didnt know him or his work. Thank you for introducing him to us. Thank you for sharing your poem too. Amazingly surprising !!! I love how we can play with everything. I usually do it with layout. But never thought of punctuation. ... ! Great post.

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Harley King's avatar

One of my favorite Cummings poems is: anyone lived in a pretty how town.

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David Rizzo's avatar

I really like how after the mushrooms your style on the page and your stanzas change, becoming more vertical and less horizontal. This felt like a real embodied shift within me, and I imagine other readers. Liked this.

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Lindsey Wayland's avatar

love this, he is still one of my very favorites, and my first favorite.

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A.J. Grant's avatar

cummings was such an enigma, but you've captured him in a way that makes sense. Great read!

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