e. e. cummings love

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  • noun United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962)

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Examples

  • "Some doofus named e. e. cummings tripped the alarm."

    Do I Hear an Alarm, or is Someone Reciting Free Verse? Con Chapman 2011

  • In the days that follow, my favorite e. e. cummings poem becomes the birth announcement:

    In the Fullness of Time Emily W. Upham 2010

  • In San Francisco, David Meltzer and ruth weiss who, like e. e. cummings, eschewed uppercase letters excelled at the combination of poetry with jazz because they both had the musical ability to make their readings entertaining as well as thought provoking.

    The Typewriter Is Holy Bill Morgan 2010

  • In San Francisco, David Meltzer and ruth weiss who, like e. e. cummings, eschewed uppercase letters excelled at the combination of poetry with jazz because they both had the musical ability to make their readings entertaining as well as thought provoking.

    The Typewriter Is Holy Bill Morgan 2010

  • Newsweek even points out the odd capitalization. powell does not capitalize his name as a nod to e. e. cummings and to the political consciousness of the 1960s.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » e e cummings Goes to Court: 2009

  • A book lay with its cover exposed on the bedsheet: lectures by the poet e. e. cummings.

    The Lovers John Connolly 2009

  • Properly used, modern languages require no such artificial boosters and think about Ulysses by James Joyce, or poetry by e. e. cummings or the brilliant script to Shawshank Redemption.

    A Personal History of Profanity | Mind on Fire 2008

  • It is now a coffee shop and deli, which is somewhat in keeping with the history of the room that was visited by the likes of Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, Langston Hughes, and e. e. cummings, as well as artists like Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood.

    The Times Club in Iowa City ricklibrarian 2008

  • I was trying to write like e. e. cummings, so my correspondence to Nina, all highly romantic, goopy, and filled with references to flowers and stars, read like amateur versions of his poems.

    Born Standing Up Steve Martin 2007

  • Furiously trying to expand the act before my three-day gig, I threw in earnest readings of the poets e. e. cummings, T. S. Eliot, Carl Sandburg, and Stephen Vincent Benét, all aimed at stretching my act to show length.

    Born Standing Up Steve Martin 2007

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