Edward Estlin Cummings, better known as E.E. Cummings, was an American poet. He is remembered today for his pioneering new style of writing and willingness to experiment with his verse. He wrote somewhere around 2,900 poems. This was in addition to plays, novels, and essays.
‘[love is more thicker than forget]’ by E.E. Cummings conveys the idea that love can be a source of hope, comfort, and joy in times of darkness.
love is more thicker than forget
more thinner than recall
more seldom than a wave is wet
more frequent than to fail
‘Between the Breasts’ is a celebration of sensuality, desire, and the uninhibited pursuit of pleasure, using unconventional language and vivid imagery to evoke intense emotions and challenge traditional poetic norms.
between the breasts
of bestial
One of Cummings’ seminal pieces, this poem is also one of the greatest love poems ever written, with its beautiful refrain. It isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel – this is simply a person telling another person how much they care and it’s done in a timelessly beautiful way.
i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
Cummings’ ‘what if a much of a which of a wind’ presents different fragmented apocalyptic visions in an experimental language.
what if a much of a which of a wind
gives the truth to summer’s lie;
bloodies with dizzying leaves the sun
and yanks immortal stars awry?
‘l(a… (a leaf falls on loneliness)’ captures the essence of loneliness through the visual fall of a leaf to evoke deep emotion.
l(a
le
af
‘i thank You God for most this amazing’ by E.E. Cummings is addressed to God and expresses a speaker’s thanks for being allowed to exist in the world.
i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
‘I Was Sitting in McSorley’s’ is a prose poem in which Cummings describes his experiences sitting inside one of his favorite watering holes, contrasting the world outside with the world within.
i was sitting in mcsorley's. outside it was New York and beautifully snowing.
Inside snug and evil. the slobbering walls filthily push witless
creases of screaming warmth chuck pillows are noise funnily swallows
‘[O sweet spontaneous]’ by E.E. Cummings is a beautiful poem about the earth and humanity’s search for knowledge. The poem uses personification in interesting ways and expresses a universal message.
O sweet spontaneous
earth how often have
the
doting
E.E. Cummings’ ‘[Buffalo Bill’ s]’ explores the widely represented inevitability of death, including a civil, indifferent depiction of death.
Buffalo Bill ’s
defunct
who used to
ride a watersmooth-silver
E. E. Cummings’ ‘a man who had fallen among thieves’ is a modern retelling of the parable of the Good Samaritan who helped a robbed man lying unconscious on the road. In this poem, the speaker helps one such person who faced a similar accident.
a man who had fallen among thieves
lay by the roadside on his back
dressed in fifteenthrate ideas
wearing a round jeer for a hat
Cumming’s ‘All in green went my love riding’ intertwines the elegance of a hunt with the heartache of love, contrasting beauty and pain.
All in green went my love riding
on a great horse of gold
into the silver dawn.
Cummings’ ‘anyone lived in a pretty how town’ celebrates individuality against societal norms, emphasizing the beauty of uniqueness and love.
anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn't he danced his did.
Cummings’ ‘if everything happens that can’t be done’ explores love’s infinity, challenging language to depict the merging of two into one.
we’re everything brighter than even the sun
(we’re everything greater
than books
might mean)
E.E. Cummings’ ‘in Just-,’ in its playful text, depicts the impermanence of nature’s spring and life’s too, as childhood gets lost with time.
in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman
‘maggie and milly and molly and may’ by E.E. Cummings explores life’s emotional spectrum through girls’ beach experiences.
maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the beach(to play one day)
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