"one's not half two..."

Edward Estlin Cummings 1894 (Cambridge, Massachusetts) – 1962 (Madison, New Hampshire)



one's not half two. It's two are halves of one:
which halves reintegrating,shall occur
no death and any quantity;but than
all numerable mosts the actual more

minds ignorant of stern miraculous
this every truth--beware of heartless them
(given the scalpel,they dissect a kiss;
or,sold the reason,they undream a dream)

one is the song which fiends and angels sing:
all murdering lies by mortals told make two.
Let liars wilt,repaying life they're loaned;
we (by a gift called dying born) must grow

deep in dark least ourselves remembering
love only rides his year.
                                              All lose,whole find
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Submitted by ezrayoungboy on August 06, 2024

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Scheme AXAX XXXX BXXX BXX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 631
Words 111
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 3

Edward Estlin Cummings

Edward Estlin Cummings, known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as e e cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. He wrote approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays, and several essays. He is often regarded as one of the most important American poets of the 20th century. Cummings is associated with modernist free-form poetry. Much of his work has idiosyncratic syntax and uses lower case spellings for poetic expression. more…

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  • sunrasmoondog
    I really enjoy e.e. Cummings poetry . More than the sum of it's parts .Getting to the soul of the thing itself .
    LikeReply2 months ago
  • ezrayoungboy
    this is one of my favorite pieces by e e cummings, a poem about love being a part of human essence
    LikeReply2 months ago

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