October 06, 2008

e.e. cummings "r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r"

So, while I was helping Mark with a paper for his poetry class, I came upon this poem by e.e. cummings. Love it! I had forgotten how much I like his work. They are so different. I am not a big fan of poetry, in fact I detest it, but I like e.e. cummings. I realized that the poetry I do like is the weird stuff. Read it and decide if you can figure it out.

r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r
who
a)s w(e loo)k
upnowgath
PPEGORHRASS
eringint(o-
aThe):l
eA
!p:
S a
(r
rIvInG .gRrEaPsPhOs)
to
rea(be)rran(com)gi(e)ngly
,grasshopper;

2 comments:

  1. What in the world does it say?? I have not been able to figure it out. i know it is about grasshoppers, but thats it. please tell me.....

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  2. Grasshopper.
    Who as we look up now gathering into a T, he leaps arriving to rearrangingly become grasshopper.

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