E.E. Cummings Poetry

[ktd222]

any E.E. Cummings lover remember a piece with the line "...the little lame balloon man, whisteled far and wee..." been trying to find it, don't think it is the first line. quasimodo1

This is the title:
Chansons Innocentes: I


I hesitate to post the poem because there are too many line shifts. I don't want you to lose any of the poem's meaning by pasting it here, which would just align every line to the left hand side.

[quasimodo1]

Thank you, this has been bugging me for weeks. quasimodo1

[Mrs. Dalloway]

I really like this poet My fav poem:

From "yes is a pleasant country"

yes is a pleasant country:
if's wintry
(my lovely)
let's open the year

....

love is a deeper season
than reason;
my sweet one
(and april's where we're)

[Mrs. Dalloway]

From "suppose
Life is an old man carrying flowers on his head."

young death sits in a cafe
smiling, a piece of money held between
his thumb and first finger

....

there is a lady, whose name is Afterwards
she is sitting beside young death, is slender;
likes flowers.

e e cummings

[blp]

This is the title:
Chansons Innocentes: I


I hesitate to post the poem because there are too many line shifts. I don't want you to lose any of the poem's meaning by pasting it here, which would just align every line to the left hand side.

You can keep the correct formatting by adding code tags, ktd. Just type it in as you would want it, then put [code ] [/ code] around it. (I've added spaces inside the brackets so you can see what I mean, so do the same, but without spaces).

e.g.

hello          mr. fish

       said    the 

cat                s  a   l    i      v     a  t  i  n  g

[blp]

I really like his poems.His style is so different from most other poets.

Well, like a lot of modernist poets, he probably owes quite a lot to Gertrude Stein.

Here's some of her work, from the book Tender Buttons:

A Dog
A little monkey goes like a donkey that means to say that means to say that more sighs last goes. Leave with it. A little monkey goes like a donkey.

A White Hunter
A white hunter is nearly crazy.

A Leave
In the middle of a tiny spot and nearly bare there is a nice thing to say that wrist is leading. Wrist is leading.

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And, from IDENTITY POEM...

PLAY I
I am I because my little dog knows me. The figure wanders on alone.
The little dog does not appear because if it did then there would be nothing to fear.
It is not known that anybody who is anybody is not alone and if alone then how can the dog be there and if the little dog is not there it is alone.

[ktd222]

You can keep the correct formatting by adding code tags, ktd. Just type it in as you would want it, then put [code ] [/ code] around it. (I've added spaces inside the brackets so you can see what I mean, so do the same, but without spaces).

Thanks, blp.

[allisonaa]

e e cummings is a personal favorite. he was a fascinating guy and worked at some really interesting stuff. it's too bad that he's not taught more and better these days. few instructors investigate what he was really all about and unfortunately wind up with very litte understanding of his work. i did a paper on him years ago and he became one of my heros. what do you know about him??

[quasimodo1]

To E.E. fans: When allisonaa asked what do you know about E.E. Cummings I realized I know nothing...just familiarity with his poetry and one first edition. So here is a source which so far is illuninating:
http://project1.caryacademy.org/echo...._cummings.htm lets try that again that's better

[quasimodo1]

WHAT...no one wants to post about E.E.?

[firefangled]

I wrote a book of poems for my wife and titled it after the last three lines(after the comma)from this e.e. cummings gem:



if i love you
(thickness means
worlds inhabited by roamingly
stern bright fairies

if you love
me)distance is mind carefully
luminous with innumerable gnomes
Of complete dream

if we love each (shyly)
other,what clouds do or Silently
Flowers resemble beauty
less than our breathing

[subterranean]

And for those who are also interested to find out more about his visual art

http://eecummingsart.com/

To E.E. fans: When allisonaa asked what do you know about E.E. Cummings I realized I know nothing...just familiarity with his poetry and one first edition. So here is a source which so far is illuninating:
http://project1.caryacademy.org/echo...._cummings.htm lets try that again that's better

[dramasnot6]

Hi fellow Cummings fans!
I'm in the market for a book with the complete works of ee cummings, does anyone know of a good one i can order off the internet?

[quasimodo1]

B+N was running a hardcover complete works in one volume sale about two weeks ago and i picked up E.E. for about ten bucks. Maybe it's still on. quasimodo1

[Janine]

B+N was running a hardcover complete works in one volume sale about two weeks ago and i picked up E.E. for about ten bucks. Maybe it's still on. quasimodo1

Hi quasi, I am so excited to find this e e cummings thread. My friend, Downing, told me about it. Wow, I adore cummings poems. I wonder if that is the same book I have. I have had it for years now; mine is a hardback and my mother gave it to me for Christmas one year. I can't begin to tell everyone just how much I have enjoyed that book. I read it so much and recall some parts of some poems by heart, which I never seem to be able to do with other poets. I love the graphic way cummings wrote his poems. Bye the way, quasi, I know the 'balloon man' poem well. It is a great one. One of my favorites is "maggie and milly and molly and may". I like poems with seaside imagery and I love the lines:

may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.

I will look it up on the net and post the whole thing tomorrow. It is from "95 poems" which I also own. I love mostly all the poems in "ViVa". My all time favorite cummings poem is "in time of daffodils (who know".... what a great poem, also from "95 poems".

The man was a genius. I can't wait to rediscover his poems. It will be such a treat. I will definitely be part of these discussions.