quasi, excellent way of putting that! I enjoyed that last poem you posted very much. Glad to see this thread continuing. Keep up the good work. By the way, Q, e e never capitalized his name....sort of like quasimodo....Originally Posted by quasimodo1
'e e cummings' always. He was a rebel!
"It's so mysterious, the land of tears."
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Thanks. *blushes*
Yes, I really think he did a brilliant job. Each time I read it I found something new - and it's only one sentence.
When I'm back in a fortnight we might perhaps discuss my all-time favourite: 'my sweet old etcetera' - if people are interested. So long!
(another great one from e.e.)
Great Dante stands in Florence, looking down
In marble on the centuries. Ye spell,
Beaneath his feet who walked in Heaven and Hell,
“L’Italia.” Here no longer lord and clown
Cringe, as of yore, to the immortal frown
Of him who loved Italy too well:
Silent he stands, and like a sentinel
Stares from beneath those brows of dread renown.
....
quasimodo, Glad to see this thread still going. I like cumming so much. Thanks for that last poem. I enjoyed it very much and I don't remember it from my book. Interesting last line. Nice use of illiteration.
Wow, can't wait to hear more cummings!
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Charming!
Painting:
http://eecummingsart.com/gallery.php
Music:
Sonnets Unrealities XI
Bjork
it may not always be so;and i say
that if your lips,which i have loved,should touch
another's,and your dear strong fingers clutch
his heart,as mine in time not far away;
if on another's face your sweet hair lay
in such a silence as i know,or such
great writhing words as,uttering overmuch,
stand helplessly before the spirit at bay;
if this should be,i say if this should be-
you of my heart,send me a little word;
that i may go unto him,and take his hands,
saying,Accept all happiness from me.
Then shall i turn my face,and hear one bird
sing terribly afar in the lost lands.
---ee cummings 'it may not always be so; and i say'
There is no polite way
of being happy
A great one! thanks for that quasi
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
I have read this one before years back - what a great poem. Thanks for posting it white camellia. I love this thread!
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
http://www.gvsu.edu/english/cummings/Patchin.html An interesting visual of e.e.cummings living spaces. Great Site. quasimodo1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------e.e.cummings From "XLI Poems, Portraits, III"
Picasso
you give us Things
which
bulge:grunting lungs pumped full of sharp thick mind
you make us shrill
presents always
shut in the sumptuous screech of
simplicity
(out of the
black unbunged
Something gushes vaguely a squeak of planes
or
....
Nice, Janine. Lots of other poems from him I like, but this one had not been posted and it's great too.
btw, that's a fantastic painting you got from O'Keeffe. I once borrowed her biography from school library and was quite impressed.
There is no polite way
of being happy
I dont know if this has already been posted, but i find it lovely...
may i feel said he
(i'll squeal said she
just once said he)
it's fun said she
(may i touch said he
how much said she
a lot said he)
why not said she
(let's go said he
not too far said she
what's too far said he
where you are said she)
may i stay said he
(which way said she
like this said he
if you kiss said she
may i move said he
is it love said she)
if you're willing said he
(but you're killing said she
but it's life said he
but your wife said she
now said he)
ow said she
....
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
From "O sweet spontaneous"
O sweet spontaneous
earth how often have
the
doting
fingers of
purient philosophers pinched
and
poked
thee
,has the naughty thumb
of science prodded
thy
beauty .how
oftn have religions taken
thee upon their scraggy knees
squeezing and
buffeting thee that thou mightest conceive
gods
(but
true
....
I love that poem:
(Me up at does)
Me up at does
out of the floor
quietly Stare
a poisoned mouse
still who alive
is asking What
have i done that
You wouldn't have
ee cummings
"De primer van foradar-me les orelles
i de llavors ençà duc arracades.
No prengueu aquest bosc per una alzina."
Maria Mercè Marçal
If this link works, the voice of e.e. himself on the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audioin...mmingse1.shtml quasimodo1
Re: on accessing this recording...you have to locate the play the recording note in the middle of the page and click on that before you can hear this amazing bit of audio. quasimodo1
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