Sinister: Et Cetera

[Thaian N Ton]

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as a member of the E.E. Cummings literary society, all this talk of his
poetry got me hot and bothered enough to post on here as a newbie;
perhaps not much b&s content but it seems that conversation has
gravitated towards the literature corner.

amh wrote
"ok, so he has to be held responsible for the fact that everyone and her
cat now uses lower case letters, even tho that wasn't the point:
cummings
did use upper-case (as you'll know, having read the stuff: i guess i'm
talking here to people who haven't) .."

well, yes, i have read cummings & realized that even his name is
officially capitalized.  i just thought i'd put my two cents worth that
i think that eec is a wonderfully overlooked poet of the 20th century &
everyone should try him out, if but once (i must say that his complete
works are my bookshelf's pride & joy)

try out his 6 nonlectures if you're not into poetry, or if you get very
ambitious, try out his biography 'dreams in the mirror' .

xaipe (rejoice) 
-thai-an

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somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond
any experience,your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near

your slightest look easily will unclose me
though i have closed myself as fingers,
you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens
(touching skilfully,mysteriously)her first rose

or if your wish be to close me,i and
my life will shut very beautifully,suddenly,
as when the heart of this flower imagines
the snow carefully everywhere descending;

nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
the power of your intense fragility: whose texture
compels me with the colour of its countries,
rendering death and forever with each breathing

(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens;only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody,not even the rain, has such small hands

                e.e.cummings
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