E.E. Cummings
E.E. Cummings was an American poet, painter, and playwright known for his unconventional use of punctuation, syntax, and typography, and for his experimental lyrical style that challenged poetic norms.
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Trending topics shown first"I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)I am never without it (anywhereI 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 s…"
"Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward."
"Yours is the light by which my spirit's born: - you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars."
"i like my body when it is with yourbody. It is so quite new a thing.Muscles better and nerves more.i like your body. i like what it does,i like its hows. i like to feel the spineof your body and its b…"
"since feeling is firstwho pays any attentionto the syntax of thingswill never wholly kiss you;wholly to be a foolwhile Spring is in the worldmy blood approves,and kisses are a far better fatethan wisd…"
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