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Poem: “Portraits VII” by Edward Estlin Cummings

Tulips and Chimneys – 1923

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American Literature – American Poetry – Edward Estlin Cummings – Poems by Edward Estlin Cummings – Tulips and Chimneys – 1923

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Portraits VII

the rose
is dying the
lips of an old man murder

the petals
hush
mysteriously
invisible mourners move
with prose faces and sobbing, garments
The symbol of the rose

motionless
with grieving feet and
wings
mounts

against the margins of steep song
a stallion sweetness, the

lips of an old man murder

the petals.

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American Literature – American Poetry – Edward Estlin Cummings – Poems by Edward Estlin Cummings – Tulips and Chimneys – 1923

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