When I read e.e. cummings, I am never sure of the message which is great. This way the message can be different each time I read his poetry. Most of all the underlying theme is the uncertainty of life.
by e.e. cummings
who knows if the moon’s
a balloon,coming out of a keen city
in the sky—filled with pretty people?
(and if you and i should
get into it,if they
should take me and take you into their balloon,
why then
we’d go up higher with all the pretty people
than houses and steeples and clouds:
go sailing
away and away sailing into a keen
city which nobody’s ever visited,where
always
it’s
Spring)and everyone’s
in love and flowers pick themselves
Photo: “Hollywood Moon” by Barbara Linkevitch, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
“I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.”
e. e. cummings
I love this e.e. cummings. The quote above is a from a favorite poem.
I am familiar with the quote. It is an incredible way to think about life.