Cummings Poem

Keith Davis kbob42 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 2 20:31:22 CDT 2017


Recently, I bought a new edition of his complete poems. Great stuff!

On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 9:03 PM, Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com> wrote:

> "A salesman is an it that stinks Excuse" is one of my favorites.
>
> On Nov 2, 2017 3:05 PM, "L E Bryan" <lebryan at sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> One of my favorite poets. Those damned up-floating bells get me all the
>> time.
>>
>> On Nov 2, 2017, at 1:52 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> if i
>>
>> or anybody don't
>> know where it her his
>>
>> my next meal's coming from
>> i say to hell with that
>> that doesn't matter (and if
>>
>> he she it or everybody gets a
>> bellyful without
>> lifting my finger i say to hell
>> with that i
>>
>> say that doesn't matter) but
>> if somebody
>> or you are beautiful or
>> deep or generous what
>> i say is
>>
>> whistle that
>> sing that yell that spell
>> that out big (bigger than cosmic
>> rays war earthquakes famine or the ex
>>
>> prince of whoses diving into
>> a whatses to rescue miss nobody's
>> probably handbag) because i say that's not
>>
>> swell (get me) babe not (understand me) lousy
>> kid that's something else my sweet (i feel that's
>>
>> true)
>>
>> (E. E. Cummings: 100 Selected Poems, # 52)
>>
>>
>>


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