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)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)
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awsome poem
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Love knows no age.
From guest The wizard of OZ (contact)
I love you. How do I know? I am not sure. but it is that feeling that tells me that there is a God, that the sun will rise tomorrow and that every time a new moon is born I will remember you. I know that we will never be together, I know that years and culture separate us. But it is my wish, to have you in my arms. If not in this world, than in the hearafter. Thus, I try to change you faith for me to have a better chance, when we are no more. The wizard of OZ. -
e e cummings' I Carry Your Heart
When the heart talk in simple -- almost childish -- innocent tone.
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I Carry Your Heart with Me is a refreshing poem by E E Cummings. Makes me wish to sigh....
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good place to keep a heart, within a heart
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I know that I carry a dearly loved heart within my heart. I return to this poem time and time again.
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truly beautiful
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my favorite
given to me many eons ago by someone who would eventually break my young & naive heart. I've loved it since I first read it, and it is truly a classic. -
I love this poem. I heard it when i was in middle school and havent forgetten it since. I love how it says exactly how I feel.
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i love this poem, a friend of mine recited it two years ago and it was amazing =)
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From guest Kenny (contact)
I encountered this poem a couple of months back when I watched the movie "In Her Shoes" and I subconciously made a mental note of searching on the web for it. I am so touched by just that line I am sending it to my darling wife without whom I believe I am nothing. -
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first encountered this
From guest Dave Booth (contact)
I first encountered this poem in an American Lit course in college, back in the sixties. It struck me then, but over the years I forgot about it. I recently watched "In Her Shoes" and was re-acquainted with it. I am sending it to my current love for her enjoyment. Thanks to you, and my everlasting thanks to Mr Cummings, for having written it. -
foreing
From guest b (contact)
I'm from Argentina and I knew this poem when Cameron Diaz read it on the movie "In her shoes" and I thought it was great. I never read poems in English because they're not common nowadays. But as I love English I was really amazed by this poem, I think it's great and that without knowing what the writer was thinking when he wrote it, you cand understand it perfectly and you can find in the poem you own meaning. -
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I 1st heard this poem in the movie HANNAH AND HER SISTERS my favorite Woody Allen film. The scene was shot at The Strand bookshop which I live near. My heart goes out to you Louanna. -
versitility of poem
From guest louanna goodwin (contact)
My youngest daughter died 12 weeks ago. At 42 she is the proud mother of 5 five beautiful daughters and one adored grandson. She was so vibrant and alive. I desper- ately miss her. This poem, in some way, expresses my need to keep her here, safe and protected---so I carry her heart with me, (I carey it in my heart). I am com- forted by this poem. -
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This poem was also read at my husband's funeral and I totally understand what you are saying. It's deeply meaningful phrases and repetition are second to none. Hearing it read out loud with all the passion and nuance of the poet is really something and it flows straight to the heart of the listener. It is a remarkable poem.
My condolences for your loss.
Von - Oldpoetry Team
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beautiful
From guest Droslynne (contact)
i love your poem but i want to know the history of it, what inspired him to write such a beautiful thing -
What a wonderful & graceful work of art!
From guest Fleur Ateba (contact)
This only happened because duty and love decided to come together! Thank you for bringing this Work of Grace to light! And, last but not least, thank God for bringing this to our ATTN!!! -
beautiful
From guest azad (contact)
this poem is beautiful,his mind is inccent his feeling is deep, his heart is full, and fate always takes over, and waiting for the right time to act, and i gues that is when we get all this poems, our feeling just reacts to the fate. -
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missing you so much
From guest Dina (contact)
i've heared this poem yesterday, when i heared it at it fist time i remembered you, now it has been exactly 1 week when last time i've seen you, i never thought that it'd be our last time that we are seeing each other, why you left, why you left this world. i cant explain how painfull the life became, i dont know why but i still believe that you'll come back to this world one day again. am praying for you all the time, am sure you are in a place which is much better than this world, God bless you -
amazing
From guest Alexandra (contact)
That is such a beautiful poem, truly the raw emotions of a great and memorable man. -
From guest Painted Smile (contact)
I carry your heart, I carry it in my heart. I want to put that in my wedding vows someday, what a beautiful line. -
i have read this poem several times over the last 8 years when i began writing poetry. I always find myself back here because it is so beautifully written
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its a great piece
From guest shalom (contact)
This poem evokes my deepest thoughts and true feelings about how my very bottom of my heart speaks and expresses how i love the people in life who means alot to me but i dont come out and say 2 them. -
From guest Martina's (contact)
thats the best poem i really understand and now that poem mean something to me'''what a great poem -
From guest sooz (contact)
This is one of the most touching and beautiful poems I have ever read. I cried when I saw the movie "In Her Shoes", where Cameron Diaz' character reads this to her sister at her wedding. I like how it is about all kinds of love, not necessarily just romantic love. -
Wedding Reading
From guest Celia (contact)
This poem will be read (with proper credit given, of course!) at my daughter's wedding next weekend. She says it is the perfect embodiment of the love she and her groom share. -
From guest Princess Of Romance (contact)
Its awesome i was just watched z movie"school of life" for z 1st time& z marvelous cameron diaz while reading it how romantic she's -
From guest Marwa (contact)
This poem is amazing. It was written from the soul and it sure does reach the soul of anyone and everyone who reads it .( Frankly speaking, I first heard it when i was watching the movie"In Her Shoes", and I liked it so much that I wanted to recite the words , and so I found Myself here.)Once again , It is simply amazing. -
I carry your heart with me
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An awesome poem indeed!
From guest Rose (contact)
I was watching the movie "In Her Shoes" and although it was the second time I was watching it,I don't recall hearing it the first time I watched the movie. It really touched my heart and I am definately going to recite it to my true love Victor. -
This is for my mom
From guest Terry Branick (contact)
When my mother was very ill with cancer, we would watch tv at night. We watched a movie with Cameron Diaz in it, in which Cameron recited this poem. I don't remember the name of the movie, unfortunately. But we liked this poem so much that I got a copy of it the following day and took it to my mom's house. I had this poem slipped into my mother's urn at the funeral home. I read this at the gravesite of my mother. My children and I have wallet copies that can be carried with them. I just love it. I loved my mom very much. She will always be wi†h me. -
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So Beautifal
From guest PoeticKrye (contact)
I have read and writen many things and all of them makes me smile but reading this poem for my first time.... this has made me cry Not from pain and not for hurt but for its beauty, its thought, and all the heart that was put in it. When I grow up I AM going to right like this. -
I like it..
From guest yuli (contact)
llevo tu corazón lo llevo en mi corazón, nunca estoy sin el..! la verdad me gusta muchisimo este poema!! es lo maximo! -
From guest Gage's Mommy (contact)
I first read this in high school over 20 years ago. I loved it then and I love it now. I had forgotten about it, when I saw it on "In Her Shoes" w/ Cameron Diaz. I'd like to dedicate this poem to my son, Gage. !
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From guest Megan (contact)
I've loved this poem eversince i saw at the end of the movie-In Her Shoes. Beautiful poem. God truly blesses certain people with rare gift of pouring their heart into poetry. -
From guest David Lyons (contact)
This is so beautiful and full of spirit. There is a deep connection between everyone which is somehow captured by these words, thankyou so much for the priviledge of reading david -
From guest Rose Angel (contact)
A treasure of a read...This reader can identify with the soul and spirit of the poet (for beautiful you are my world, my true)....(here is the root of th eroot and the bud of the bud)....His greatest write I believe...
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From guest jack (contact)
Does anyone know what book this was published in? I would like to buy the entire book but I can't seem to hunt down which publication this was from. -
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From guest Maggy (contact)
Such a beautiful poem... So moving, so deep, so true... How come poets and writers can find the right words to express what I feel? -
From guest south africa (contact)
This poem was read in the wedding scene at the end of the movie "In her Shoes" with Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Shirley McLaine. Beautiful poem and beautiful movie -
From guest mif (contact)
i really like this poem so much...im using it for my poetry portfolio in class -
From guest Patricia (contact)
I Love this poem, my son lives very far away and I am ill, so I wrote him this poem in a card, to tell him how I felt, he is my soul, my live.....I LOVE IT!!!!!!! -
Brian
From guest Ruth (contact)
We read this poem on our 20th wedding anniversary, in hospital, 5 days before Brian died... -
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i carry your heart.
From guest hailie (contact)
Hei... I just wanted to say that this poem is one of my alltime favourites. Such a feeling an touch. -
fantastic poem
From guest jennie (contact)
This is the most perfect poem i have ever heard, We are going to use it in our wedding next year hopfully that is ok -
This beautiful poem is often used at Funeral Services. It would say so much when one loses a partner, husband or wife, as that is what we do when our dear ones pass - we carry them in our hearts!
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in wonder
From guest Layla Bilary (contact)
I wonder what it feels like to have a love so strong, something eternal and irresistable. no one ever said it better. I wish I had someone to describe a connection so strong, to take me everyday as a part of their heart. -
From guest Laura (contact)
i think that this is the best poem out there.
its full of truth and depth and everything someone needs to give them the strength to keep going. -
From guest Marie gerba (contact)
I absolutely love this poem. It was given to me from my significant other and I immediately fell into tears for what it stood for.. Amazingly beautiful... -
very heart warming!
From guest dianne rellin (contact)
Every person can create poems but only those of great love can make great poems. EE CUMMINGS is great! -
gooooood
From guest shannon (contact)
well put poem made me think of all the people i care about in my life -
Ah, Love, the great force of the universe...with such vast implications and applications, yet able to be held within the heart of a man. Stunning progression here in these lines... building to a gorgeous denoument and then returning again to the simplicity of the beginning!!!
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From guest Kaylee White (contact)
I am 12 years old and and very interested in poetry and i think this poem is absolutley beautiful. -
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Heath Ledger...
read an excerpt from this in the film, "Candy". it's always been a favourite of mine, but to hear the words coming through his voice made it far more haunting. even as a poet myself, i have been at a loss for words on how to express my heart to my beloved... until i remembered this beautiful piece. e.e. cummings sums up my feelings perfectly. -
beautiful...
From guest akanksha (contact)
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)...how can anybody not be moved by this very line...let alone the rest of the poem...proves yet again...love is eternal...it goes on...the words may be his...and beautiful words they are...but the sentiment is universal...dont think there are many instances where words of the english language are used so simply yet so perfectly and so meaningfully...it all comes down to this...i just love this poem...it says so much...says it beautifully...and i know its a typical girl reaction but i cant help crying everytime i read it...whats wrong with being typical if i get to enjoy this wonderful piece of writing. -
It is more sad than beautiful
From guest George K Marshall (contact)
because it is for Elaine Thayer and totally unrequited -
so love this poem
I keep your words, { i keep them in my heart] so close
No words heard are, { more beautiful, yet so true } deeply felt
Then those ones { your heart spoke to me} silently heard -
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From guest dominic (contact)
i heard this poem while i was watching in her shoes--cameron diaz was reading this...and i was so moved...i was so touched by this beautiful play of words... -
Nonnie
From guest Julie (contact)
This was read at her wake. I don't know who choose it. But it was just right. -
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love & connection
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speechless
From guest joanne (contact)
when i first heard the poem, i was speechless, i have read it again and again and am still speechless. i will read it to my husband on our wedding day next year. this is a legacy. i have no better words to describe how i feel. -
sooooooooooo beautiful..
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From guest Sahoooool from K.S.A (contact)
O myGod . it isn't a beautiful poem but it is more than beauty .it is so painful.When the soul expresses and feelings speak,it will be there such a great poem which touch our hearts .Really it makes me cry whenever i read it.E.E is so sensitive poet -
From guest ritchel (contact)
the most beautiful poem of all time.......makes me cry everytime i read.......it says it all -
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Wow! This is so profound! The author really puts his beloved on a pedastal.
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Y'know... this is excellent poetry.
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good read
From guest diane christian (contact)
this so good to read, i ams till learning yet but this is great to inspire othjer new writers -
too touchy
From guest Nina (contact)
i have heard it in the movie" in her shoes" , i was so moved by the beauty of the words and the underlined meaning ...it is the best i person can feel for someone special -
Touching
From guest Megan (contact)
The first time I really heard this poem was in the movie "in her shoes" where Cameron Diaz recites it. It made me cry because of the beauty in the words. I just lost my mother on July 20, i realize that the poem is in regards to someone you are in love with, but I miss my mother and feel that I will always carry her with me and of course, I will carry her in my heart where she will remain forever. -
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
that's my favorite thing I've ever read by him. a bit ideal perhaps, but what's wrong with that I guess... It' absolutely breathtaking. it makes me feel. I think it could make almost anyone feel, if they really looked. -
Beautiful
From guest Faazlyn Stuart (contact)
I love this poem, he was indeed a graet man of man of beautiful words -
This is absolutely beautiful. Everything he worded here is perfect... Another one of my favorites.
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i carry your heart with me
From guest Barbara (contact)
E. E. Cummings said a lot here. He is one of the classic poets of all time. Thank you for sharing this with us. This is so romantic, and full passion for his love. I know it melted my heart just to read it. -
From guest Pam (contact)
This is the most beautiful poem. I heard it for the first time when Cameron Diaz recited it in her movie. It stuck in the very marrow of my bones. I recite it to my one and only true love. Anyone who knows me, knows whose heart I carry in my heart! -
From guest Mahmuda Ferdous (contact)
Indeed it’s a well define poem. When some body feel and love some body and if their love is true only then he or she can feel like this. I am really amazed cause in this poem, the poet exactly writes done the feeling of a true lover. I carry this poem with me…. -
poem of a true lover
From guest Mahmuda Ferdous (contact)
Indeed it’s a well define poem. When some body feel and love some body and if their love is true only then he or she can feel like this. I am really amazed cause in this poem, the poet exactly writes done the feeling of a true lover. I carry this poem with me…. -
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My heart relates
From guest Deb (contact)
This is so beautiful. This poem and the poet have come so close to expressing my heart's feelings for my love of 34 years. -
beautifully written piece...once you love someone you just give it all to them...for them to see it's real and true..
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