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“It May Not Always Be So” (E. E. Cummings)

Posted on 10/14/2009 by chris

An acquaintance reminded me of another sonnet by Cummings that I like and whose lyric qualities defend it quite well from accusations of sentimentality (and, as my acquaintance noted, “lyric poetry is apt to involve sentiment, and therefore to condemn … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday: E. E. Cummings

Posted on 10/14/2009 by chris

[CC photo (larger view)  by Tony the Misfit] Today is the birthday of E. E. Cummings, born on this day in 1894. In a letter, Robert Lowell remarked about Cummings: “He [Cummings] is a razor-blade without the handle.” (Side note: … Continue reading →

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NaPoMo GBG 2. meaning, the post-avant, the SoQ and Cummings again

Posted on 4/4/2009 by chris

Jared asks: “Is modern poetry so concerned with meaning that form is seen as trimmings?” The irony is that one of the more vital strands of living poetry is the “post-avant” which–to the extent anything can be said about such … Continue reading →

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NaPoMo GBG 1

Posted on 4/1/2009 by chris

Here is one of the first– if not the first–”real” poems that became mine. One of the first that sang to me and probed into a space I only vaguely knew existed, the place where my head and heart come … Continue reading →

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Ezra Pound on E. E. Cummings

Posted on 3/19/2009 by chris

“He [Cummings] is a razor-blade without the handle.” –cited in The Letters of Robert Lowell

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