this is for all the little letters in the world


in praise of ee cummings

i wanted to get into the movies
but i couldn't afford a ticket

i wanted to be a cricketer
but i couldn't take a wicket

i wanted to be a buddy
but i couldn't spare a dime

i wanted to be poet
but i couldn't make a living

and then i met ee cummings
at a full stop and he told me
to forget trying to be someone else
and be true to the inner id (not idiot)

and he put himself on the dotted line
saying whether it's a you or a me
it's always ourselves we find in the sea

so i packed my lower case
and headed for the coast



Poetry by Christopher Fernie The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2016-07-13 at 10:24

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Kathy Lockhart
u u r r a a musing and a a mazing in ur e e cummings praise!!
2016-07-27



Oh wow I'm sure Edward would have loved this poem
2016-07-14


one trick pony The PoetBay support member heart!
i'm a fan, too, and i enjoy your homage.
2016-07-13


shells
Brilliant, loved it, see you at the coast ;-)
2016-07-13


Kathy Lockhart
ooo ooo ooo finding yourself in the sea...how subtle u b...the genius in found in the wee, wee words (not necessarily in the pea words). however, the communication must be circular.
...does any of this make sense?

in case no on understands it, I find your poetry stim-u-lat-ting!

:p
2016-07-13


Bibek The PoetBay support member heart!
Nice poem. Loved the sea-image. Besides, I too love reading ee cummings.
2016-07-13