Selected poems

One hundred and fifty-six poems, grouped by theme, are accompanied by drawings, oils, and watercolors by the poet.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962
Other Authors: Kennedy, Richard S.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Liveright, [1994]
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prelude
  • Child's world: Days of innocence, Who are you, little i; Adult nursery rhymes, O by the by
  • Sweet spontaneous earth: Spring, O sweet spontaneous; Other seasons, other creatures, SNO
  • Poetry of the eye: Creative process, Of my; Cubist break-up, Mr. Smith
  • Portraits: Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls
  • Love and its mysteries: O distinct
  • Achieving the together-coloured instant: O it's nice to get up in, the slipshod mucous kiss
  • Kitty, Mimi, Marj, and friends: Wanta
  • Dimensions of being human: Since feeling is first
  • Myths and allegories: Suppose
  • Urban glimpses: But the other
  • Targets of satire: War, Woman of bronze; Politics, F is for foetus(a; Communism and fascism: Red-rag and pink-flag; Literary scene, What does little Ernest croon; Misanthropic moods, When serpents bargain for the right to squirm
  • Endings: Self-excoriation, Total strange one black day; Religious leanings, I thank you God for most this amazing; Whispers of mortality, Old age sticks
  • Postlude: Life is more true than reason will deceive.)