e.e. cummings RAWKS

Oct 18, 2004 09:55

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ahjota October 18 2004, 07:18:36 UTC
maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the beach(to play one day)

and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles,and

milly befriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;

and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and

may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.

For whatever we lose(like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea

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rainyharmony October 18 2004, 08:25:47 UTC
that's awesome, what poem is it?

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titles? pfft, who needs titles ahjota October 18 2004, 09:05:10 UTC
"maggie and milly and molly and may"

It's another cummings. My girlfriend in HS was an avid cummings fan, and it rubbed off on me.

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Re: titles? pfft, who needs titles rainyharmony October 18 2004, 10:52:31 UTC
the best ee cummings poem, as far as humor is concerned (it's so wrong...), is "she being Brand":

she being Brand

-new;and you
know consequently a
little stiff i was
careful of her and(having

thoroughly oiled the universal
joint tested my gas felt of
her radiator made sure her springs were O.

K.)i went right to it flooded-the-carburetor cranked her

up,slipped the
clutch(and then somehow got into reverse she
kicked what
the hell)next
minute i was back in neutral tried and

again slo-wly;bare,ly nudg. ing(my

lev-er Right-
oh and her gears being in
A 1 shape passed
from low through
second-in-to-high like
greasedlightning)just as we turned the corner of Divinity

avenue i touched the accelerator and give

her the juice,good

(it

was the first ride and believe i we was
happy to see how nice she acted right up to
the last minute coming back down by the Public
Gardens i slammed on

the
internalexpanding
&
externalcontracting
brakes Bothatonce and

brought allofher tremB
-ling
to a:dead.

stand-
;Still)

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Re: titles? pfft, who needs titles jenprincess527 October 18 2004, 19:50:31 UTC
:smiles:

[[all the love--always, the "memory"]]

"when suddenly uprose hungary,
as she gave a terrible cry
no slave's unlife shall murder me
for i will freely die"

cummings, "Thanksgiving, 1956"

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an introduction is in order ahjota October 18 2004, 22:14:29 UTC
Maggie, this is jennyb (Jenny Blakely). Author, SLA (equivalent to an RA), bio major, dreamer.

jennyb, meet Maggie (Brock). Debater, business/Spanish major, blues fanatic, dreamer.

More or less. o_O

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Re: an introduction is in order rainyharmony October 19 2004, 07:24:06 UTC
lol, nice to meet you... as fabulous and personal as lj introductions are :p

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