Born on this day October 14, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, E.E. Cummings was a multi-talented individual, whose creative skills extended beyond the realms of poetry to encompass painting, essay writing, playwriting, and authoring. He is particularly celebrated for his distinctive style of poetry, characterized by a playful use of language and syntax that often defied …
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Dec 25 2022
[little tree] by e e cummings
[little tree] little treelittle silent Christmas treeyou are so littleyou are more like a flower who found you in the green forestand were you very sorry to come away?see i will comfort youbecause you smell so sweetly i will kiss your cool barkand hug you safe and tightjust as your mother would,only don’t be afraid …
May 11 2022
maggie and milly and molly and may
10 maggie and milly and molly and maywent down to the beach(to play one day) and maggie discovered a shell that sangso sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles,and milly befriended a stranded starwhose rays five languid fingers were; and molly was chased by a horrible thingwhich raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and may came home with …