in praise of ee cummings


first draft

the pub lisher said
sendin your verse
asa typescrip t so i
did;;;and

th e n ext day.... i


got a calllll fro
m the m
sayi ng
thaat my

w
o
rk

h
a d

gr e
at


orig
in
ality

and they
w o u l d
pub
lish
i
t imm
ed iate ly


add

i
ng

i could
be
the
nex t

eecummings

and i

t
h
o
u
g
h
t

i couldn't

type for toff

ee



Chris Fernie, 2009



Poetry by Chris Fernie
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Written on 2009-05-18 at 10:28

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Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
lol good to see you posting Chris - definitely ee in originality - just remember - you use all the fingers to type, not just the thumbs ;-)

Elle x
2009-05-18


Rob Graber
Definitely gets old ee coming to mind, alright...
2009-05-18