while spring is in the world

[such_heights]

Sign-ups are open at femgenficathon until April 16th.

I am late to the Poetry Month bandwagon, I know, but it is a beautiful spring day here today, which always puts me in mind of Cummings.

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since feeling is first

since feeling is first
who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you;

wholly to be a fool
while Spring is in the world

my blood approves,
and kisses are a far better fate
than wisdom
lady i swear by all flowers. Don't cry
--the best gesture of my brain is less than
your eyelids' flutter which says

we are for eachother: then
laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life's not a paragraph

And death i think is no parenthesis

-- E. E. Cummings

Comments

[isagel]

Ooooooooooooo, cummings. ♥♥♥♥♥

[such_heights]

Your icon! *draws sparkly hearts* (I'm on a serious Willow/Tara kick right now.)

[ontology]

The punctuation metaphors in this make me all wibbly. ♥

[such_heights]

I know omg. <3333

[ineffabilitea]

My plan is to have this whole damn poem tattooed on me someday.

[such_heights]

That would be seriously awesome, oh wow. :D

[miss_haitch]

Ooh, I hadn't read very much cummings. This is gorgeous, thank you for posting!

[such_heights]

You are very welcome! This is my favourite of his, I think.