for e e cummings

little letters

for e e cummings

small letters develop a kinship with e e cummings
someone said goodbye to capitols
turning to the the humbleness of the letter
rhyme, insight, beauty, fable,
all kiss the sentence with lips enabled
could you see a small i tickling your chin
the o embracing a tired body spent
or how ‘bout j where you swing on its hooked branch
and of course z when you call it the end.

Reviews

[Alfred Kukitz]

Thanks Mallika!

I wish I knew. I could bottle it and give it to everyone.

Regards,
al

[θεά]

I wonder how you do it. Writing on a literary great and revisionist, on literary style and yet developing your own. Kudos to you Al.

[Alfred Kukitz]

thanks PETE!

i'll remember you in all those little letters i use.

regards,
al

[Pete]

hmm - watch out for those dangling participles al! a literary and laced tribute dotting the i's and crossing the t's. very creative and so well put ...

[Alfred Kukitz]

thanks kelly!

nothing gives me more pleasure than your visit and warm comments.

regards,
al

[Kelly Scheppers]

I'll hang onto that j as if I were swinging on a star! I really love the concept you brilliantly created here, Alfred.

[Alfred Kukitz]

thanks sette!

there is a whistle in small letters that carries me to my ears!

“no one, not even the rain, has such some hands”! e e cummings

regards,
al

[Alfred Kukitz]

thanks jacob!

talk about a tickle growing and growing inside. why i think my soul laughed!

regards,
al

[sette]

i like it very informative. little is known about ee cummings, i know it is his pseudonym. thanks for the additional points.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

very clever piece, Al...
and yes, ee cummings was one of my biggest influences years and years ago...
one of my very first books had several poems in his style.
and my spell checker hates me because i never capitalize "i" in my poems...but i don't think the speaker is as important as what the rest of the poem says...
thanks for this write.
j.