[in Just-], by e.e. cummings

 e.e. cummings does a delightful reading of his poem, "in just spring." 

 

All month, I have been emphasizing poetry as a spoken art form, celebrating the age-old oral aspect of the genre. I was glad to find this recording of e.e. cummings' poem, yet one of cummiings' trademarks is the visual aspect of the written poem upon the paper. For that reason, I have included here the print form of the poem we just heard.

[in Just-]

by E. E. CUMMINGS

in Just-

spring          when the world is mud-

luscious the little

lame balloonman

 

whistles          far          and wee

 

and eddieandbill come

running from marbles and

piracies and it's

spring

 

when the world is puddle-wonderful

 

the queer

old balloonman whistles

far          and             wee

and bettyandisbel come dancing

 

from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

 

it's

spring

and

 

         the

 

                  goat-footed

 

balloonMan          whistles

far

and

wee

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"Freedom Is a Breakfast Food" (e. e. cummings)

How many times does poetry break into late-night talk shows on television? I don't know for sure, but this week we will be presenting some of those moments. 

Today we hear Lawrence Fishburne recite e.e. cummings' "Freedom Is a Breakfast Food" on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

 

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Monday Music: Daffodils (e.e. cummings)

My thanks to Penny Nash st Penelopepiscopal for sharing this beautiful musical setting. It is e.e. cummings' poem "Daffodils" set to music by Jeremy Kings (b. 1987). It is performed by Vox 16 at Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, Washington.

It is quite fitting as we celebrate National Poetry Month to hear the words of a poet set to music.

 

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Saturday Haiku: Roadways

sometimes a small road

can lead to great abundance

or a simple joy

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Image: "the roadway at joy farm"
Artist: e.e. cummings
Medium: Oil on canvas



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Saturday Haiku: Inner Woods

inner woods

making the pathway

uncertain

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Image: "inner woods"
Artist: e.e. cummings
Medium: Oil on canvasboard



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Saturday Haiku: Mountains Rise

evergreens

beside the still lake

 mountains rise

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Image: "mt chocorua dawn"
Artist: e.e. cummings
Medium: Oil on canvas



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Saturday Haiku: Winter Snows

snows settle

on the mountainside

quiet days

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Image: "new hampshire: winter"
Artist: e.e. cummings
Medium: Oil on cardboard



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Saturday Haiku: Forest Path

quiet forest path

eliciting warm tribute
to the stately trees

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Image: "view through a forest road"
Artist: e.e. cummings
Medium: Oil on canvasboard



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Saturday Haiku: Lakeside

that restful summer

our boats anchored together

the loon's distant call

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Image: "robin hood, maine"
Artist: e.e. cummings
Medium: Oil on canvasboard



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Saturday Haiku: Woodland Lake

woodland lake
autumn crescent moon
limned with gold

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Image: "Evening wood scene and crescent moon"
Artist: e.e. cummings
Medium: Oil on cardboard



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Saturday Haiku: City Streets

busy street corners

always find higher meaning

when dogs walk humans

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Image: "street corner (paris)"
Artist: e.e. commings
Medium: Oil on cardboard



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Saturday Haiku: Morning Journey

a morning journey

 through foggy banks to the sea

friends wait at sunrise

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Image: Road to the Bay
Artist: e.e. cummings
Medium: Oil on canvasboard



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Saturday Haiku: Woodlands

the forest hiker

will gladly stop to listen

to a woodland stream

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 Image: "Brookside in Sunlight"
Artist: e.e. cummings
Medium: Oil on canvasboard

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