“It
takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – e.e.
cummings
After I took this photo on a trek into the Rocky Mountains this e.e. cummings quote just seemed apropos as a “descriptive” phrase.
Cummings, born Oct. 14, 1894, wrote some 2,900
poems, 2 autobiographical novels, 4 plays and several essays.
Some of his poems are free verse
(with no concern for rhyme or meter), but many have a recognizable sonnet
structure of 14 lines, with an intricate rhyme scheme. A number of his poems
feature a typographically exuberant style, with words, parts of words, or
punctuation symbols scattered across the page, and needing to be read aloud in
order to clarify his meanings and emotions.
Also a painter, Cummings understood the importance of presentation, and
used typography to "paint a picture" with some of his poems.
While he was not without controversy
in his life and
political leanings (he was a staunch supporter of
Joseph
McCarthy, for example), there’s little doubt 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that he is remembered as an
eminent voice of 20th century literature.
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