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E. E. Cummings

Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as e e cummings (in the style of some of his poems—see name and capitalization, below), was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. His body of work encompasses approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays and several essays, as well as numerous drawings and paintings. He is remembered as an eminent voice of 20th century English literature.

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Only by you my heart always moves.

The three saddest things are the ill wanting to be well, the poor wanting to be rich, and the consta ...

Like the burlesque comedian, I am abnormally fond of that precision which creates movement.

I will take the sun in my mouth and leap into the ripe air Alive with closed eyes to dash against da ...

“I would rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.”

Unless you love someone, nothing else makes sense.

twice I have lived forever in a smile

And now you are and I am and we're a mystery which will never happen again.

You said Isthere anything whichis dead or alive more beautifulthan my body,to have in your fingers(t ...

You are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing."

Because it'sSpringthingSdare to do people(& notthe other wayround)because it's AprilLives lead their ...

I go you go,my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling)"

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blu ...

A draftsman of words.

“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experien ...