"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest human battle ever and to never stop fighting"
A master of enjambment, e e cummings combined it with the use of punctuation as an art form:
i carry your heart with me(i carry it inmy heart)i am never without it(anywherei go you go,my dear;and whatever is doneby only me is your doing,my darling)———————————————————i fearno fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i wantno world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)and it's you are whatever a moon has always meantand whatever a sun will always sing is youhere is the deepest secret nobody knows(here is the root of the root and the bud of the budand the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which growshigher than soul can hope or mind can hide)and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars aparti carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
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e e cummings is one of my favourite poets -
"I would rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach 10,000 stars how not to dance"
See you tomorrow?
Namo Amida Bu
Hey there, you're right, cummings preferred unconventional use of capitals/ lowercase!
I thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
No enjambment (just learnt this word, so I'm getting as much use out of it as I can!) there, but I wanted to share.
Namo Amida Bu
It's my pleasure :) Hope you're poorly foot is mending. Namo Amida Bu x
Hi Gareth,
I had to look that word up in a dictionary!
Later I found this on Wikipedia -
A master of enjambment, e e cummings combined it with the use of punctuation as an art form:
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 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)Nice!
Namo Amida Bu