Thursday, October 15, 2015

ee cummings birthday was 14 october!


     No, I have not lost my marbles, nor have I forgot how to punctuate! It seems fitting to observe ee cummings' birthday (from the year 1894) by not capitalizing anything.

     During World War I he served in France as medical support. Due to the unusual style of writing, he was detained as a German spy (letters were censored), but he was released.

He was influenced by some of the 20th Century greats, and in turned influenced many,

Some of his poems:

http://hellopoetry.com/e-e-cummings/

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