One of my favorite poets was born on this date

[drwex]

And so I thought it'd be nice to put this here

if you like my poems let them
if you like my poems let them
walk in the evening, a little behind you

then people will say
"Along this road i saw a princess pass
on her way to meet her lover (it was
toward nightfall) with tall and ignorant servants." -- E. E. Cummings

Also, he painted though he's less well-known for that. Here's a reproduction of a self-portrait:

Comments

[dpolicar]

:-)

[davidfcooper.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting that; I didn't know he was also a visual artist.

[marius23.livejournal.com]

That's very cool. I also like ee cummings and in a bit of synchronicity one of his poems was included in my readings for this past weekend.

It's the poem that starts:


I thank you God for most this amazing
day; for the leaping greenly spirits of trees


and ends:


(now the ears of ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)