e. e. cummings: Complete Poems, 1904-1962, (Hardcover)

from agricolaoval

This got to be the poet who has meant most to me, and he has followed me through life. Cummings has this marvelous perceptiveness that make things stand out from the background as small gems and handfuls of reality. His sentences have the syntax of thoughts half thought and voices that murmur in ...

from curtis

EE Cummings is my personal favorite poet. I could write essays about why I love his poetry- I will spare you that here. Suffice it to say that lovers of Cummings will find this edition clear, complete, and beautifully presented.

from Salmondaze

Man, what's to say about e.e. cummings poetry? It's simply one-of-a-kind. I feel like the closest you get to it is James Joyce's Finnegans Wake and yet those are two wildly different beasts. The poet followed a path so many poets took, starting out at his strongest and then at different rates gro...

from terrybain

There is no poet that seems to speak to me more than e.e. cummings. I don't know how he does it (or did it) and examining it too closely is probably not the best idea. His poetry just frankly makes my stomach flop over. For good or ill.

from FourOfFiveWits

For every 25 poems I read, only one would really stir me. My 2 stars aren't a reflection of his poetry but my ability to enjoy. For the most part his kind of poetry is not the kind I wish to read.