(will you teach a
wretch to live
straighter than a needle)
ask
her
ask
when
(ask and
ask
and ask
again and)ask a
brittle little
person fiddling
in
the
rain
(did you kiss
a girl with nipples
like pink thimbles)
ask
him
ask
who
(ask and
ask
and ask
ago and)ask a
simple
crazy
thing
singing
in the snow
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This poem is one of the reason I absolutely love cummings. After reading one of his poetry compendiums, I fell in love with his whimsical use of form and structure. Just the shapes of the poems themselves are visually stimulating, as if he's painting a picture using nothing but words.
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i guess
i guess
the poem is alright
(by whom
and when,
by stars of night)
when the grass is grewn and people strewn about the portly moon -
interesting
I like the rhythm of this piece, and the shape is at least interesting. But I can't claim to know what this is about. Teaching a wretch to live straight. Rain and snow images. A person fiddling. And a woman's breasts. I can't draw a logical conclusion from that. And sometimes that is the best. Just enjoy it for the sounds and images conveyed. If you read this and know what he's talking about, feel free to IM me and let me know.
Peace,
Lo
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Wow, this is different than anything I've ever read. I've never read E.E. Cummings - well, now I have. I love his use of parentheses...I have a thing for parentheses that was magnified after I read Carrie by Stephan King. This is definitely an abstract sort of piece, but interesting none-the-less. I'm intrigued by the flow and subtle rhyming. I love the first stanza:
(will you teach a
wretch to live
straighter than a needle)
This is a thought provoking piece, content- and format-wise.
A/E/S
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