14th October marked the 49th death anniversary of e.e.cummings. These lines of poetry from 'Since Feeling is First' are breathtakingly beautiful .
"...we are for each other: then
laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life’s not a paragraph
And death i think is no parenthesis."
Gosh, I love those lines.
Another favourite of mine is his poem, 'who are you, little i,' which goes like this-
Another favourite of mine is his poem, 'who are you, little i,' which goes like this-
who are you,little i
(five or six years old)
peering from some high
window;at the gold
of november sunset
(and feeling:that if day
has to become night
this is a beautiful way)
The innocent sense of wonder and incredulity at natural beauty is stunning. I love his poems, as virginal and unassuming as they are, I love them. :)
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e. e. cummings was really special. He earned the right to never have to capitalise anything. :D One envies him that. He moulded the language his way - a simple, straightforward way. Not many poets do that very successfully.
I like this one. It is so simple and gentle, but it contains the greatest of truths.
If
If freckles were lovely, and day was night,
And measles were nice and a lie wasn't a lie,
Life would be delight,
But things couldn't go right
For in such a sad plight
I wouldn't be I.
If earth was heaven, and now was hence,
And past was present, and false was true,
There might be some sense
But I'd be in suspense
For on such a pretense
You wouldn't be you.
If fear was plucky, and globes were square,
And dirt was cleanly and tears were glee
Things would seem fair,
Yet they'd all despair,
For if here was there
We wouldn't be we.
I love the those lines you've picked - "And death i think is no parenthesis."
So guileless, when he says, 'i think'. :) Lovely post, Nitisha. Thank you.
"If freckles were lovely, and day was night,
And measles were nice and a lie wasn't a lie,
Life would be delight,
But things couldn't go right
For in such a sad plight
I wouldn't be I."
Karishma, that is such a beautiful poem. Thank you, a million times over, for posting this here. :)
@Nitisha and @TUIB
every time i come here, i experience something new and beautiful. thank you.
Posts like this deserves a read :)
Enjoyed !!
awesome post...
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