Tag Archives: e. e. cummings

the passing of all shining things

e.e. cummings has a dialogue with Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind” in his own poem about autumn. I include Frost and Oliver in the reflection as well.

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i thank You God for most this amazing

In his joyous poem “i thank You God for most this amazing,” e.e. cummings uses his distinctive style in service of expressing God.

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Hanukkah: Light Invites Happiness

Mary Oliver’s celebration of light in “Poppies” qualifies it as a Hanukkah poem.

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A Mother’s Smile Prevails over Doubt

e.e. cummings’s Christmas poem “from spiraling ecstatically this” disrupts normal patterns to reveal the elusive nature of the divine.

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When the World Is Mud-Luscious

e. e. cummings ushers in spring with a joyous celebration.

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i sing of Kaepernick glad and big

The case of NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick not standing for the national anthem brings to mind E. E. Cummings’s “i sing of Olaf,” where an American conscientious objector refuses to honor the flag and is tortured.

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I Carry Your Heart with Me

On this, the day of my wedding anniversary, I send to my wife an e. e. cummings poem.

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When the World Is Puddle Wonderful

It was raining yesterday in Pittsburgh on the first day of spring, bringing to mind one of the great poems about the season.

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i put him all into my arms

e. e. cummings’ “man who had fallen among thieves” brings the Good Samaritan parable uncomfortably close to home.

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