Saturday, April 24, 2010

ee cummings

So spring is here, the weather is lovely, and all I want to do is wander about outdoors and stare at blossom-laden trees.  Here's a whimsical poem in honor of spring by ee cummings.  He seems never to have taken himself or his art too seriously but remains an excellent poet all the same -- perhaps all the more. 
 
Bonus points to anyone who can identify the little lame balloonman.

in Just-
 
in Just-
spring       when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman
whistles       far       and wee
and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring
when the world is puddle-wonderful
the queer
old balloonman whistles
far       and       wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing
 from hop-scotch and jump-rope and
it's
spring
and
     the
             goat-footed
balloonMan       whistles
far
and
wee
e.e. cummings
ee cummings on Wikipedia

ee cummings on Poets.org

4 comments:

  1. Oh, goodness... no clue.. I can't wait to see who it is... there is something kind of askew about the character but mudlucious is one of the best words ever!

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  2. It's a coded reference to Pan. :)

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  3. Hey.....I was going to say Pan, after I read goat footed that is :) I have to agree though that mudlucious is one of the best words ever.
    The whole poem made me smile, Thank You

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  4. I'm still willing to award bonus points. You're more than welcome! :)

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