Poems by Edward Estlin Cummings

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In English – En Français – На Русском Языке – Bilingual

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In English

A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z

A

A Chorus Girl
When thou hast taken thy last applause, and when
The final curtain strikes the world away,
Leaving to shadowy silence and dismay… Continue Reading …

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B

Ballade
The white night roared with a huge north-wind,
And he sat before his thundering flame,
Quaffing holly-crowned wine.… Continue Reading …

Buffalo Bill’s
Buffalo Bill’s
defunct
who used to … Continue Reading …

But The Other
but the other
day i was passing a certain
gate rain … Continue Reading …

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C

Crepuscule
I will wade out
till my thighs are steeped in burning
flowers … Continue Reading …

Christmas Tree
little tree
little silent Christmas tree
you are so little … Continue Reading …

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D

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E

Epitaph
Tumbling-hair
picker of buttercups
violets … Continue Reading …

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F

Finis
Over silent waters
day descending
night ascending … Continue Reading …

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G

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H

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I – J

In Just-
in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little … Continue Reading …

Into The Strenuous Briefness
into the strenuous briefness
Life:
handorgans and April … Continue Reading …

It May Not Always Be So
It may not always be so; and I say
That if your lips, which I have loved, should touch
Another’s, and your dear strong fingers clutch … Continue Reading …

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K

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L

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M

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N

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O

O Distinct
O Distinct
Lady of my unkempt adoration
if I have made … Continue Reading …

O Sweet Spontaneous
O sweet spontanous
earth how often have
the … Continue Reading …

Of Nicolette
dreaming in marble all the castle lay
like some gigantic ghost-flower born of night
blossoming in white towers to the moon, … Continue Reading …

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P

Puella Mea
Harun Omar and Master Hafiz
keep your dead beautiful ladies.
Mine is a little lovelier… Continue Reading …

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Q

A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z

R

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S

Spring Omnipotent Goddess Thou
spring omnipotent goddess Thou
dost stuff parks
with overgrown pimply … Continue Reading …

Summer Silence
Eruptive lightnings flutter to and fro
Above the heights of immemorial hills;
Thirst-stricken air, dumb-throated, in its woe … Continue Reading …

Sunset
Great carnal mountains crouching in the cloud
That marrieth the young earth with a ring,
Yet still its thoughts builds heavenward, whence spring … Continue Reading …

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T

The Bigness Of Cannon
the bigness of cannon
is skilful,
but i have seen … Continue Reading …

The Lover Speaks
Your little voice
Over the wires came leaping
and I felt suddenly … Continue Reading …

This Is The Garden
This is the garden: colors come and go,
Frail azures fluttering from night’s outer wing,
Strong silent greens serenely lingering, … Continue Reading …

Thou In Whose Sword-Great Story Shine The Deeds
Thou in whose sword-great story shine the deeds
Of history her heroes, sounds the tread
Of those vast armies of the marching dead, … Continue Reading …

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U

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V

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W – X – Y – Z

When God Lets My Body Be
when god lets my body be
From each brave eye shall sprout a tree
fruit that dangles therefrom … Continue Reading …

When Life Is Quite Through With
when life is quite through with
and leaves say alas,
much is to do … Continue Reading …

Why Did You Go
why did you go
little fourpaws?
you forgot to shut … Continue Reading …

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Bilingual

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