Poetry Quote by E.E. Cummings — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“may my heart always be open to little”

“I am an i poet.”

““i do not know what it is about you that closes”

“when man determined to destroy”

“since the thing perhaps is”

“Who can tell truth from falsehood any more?”

“Poetry is breathing words that give a reader pause.”

“Living is no laughing matter:”

“A poem was a box for your soul. That was the point. It was the place where you could save bits of yourself, and shake out your darkest feelings, without worrying that people would think you were strange. While I was writing, I would forget myself and everyone else; poetry made me feel part of something noble and beautiful and bigger than me. [...] I slid them under the carpet as soon as they were done, all the images and rhymes wrestled into place. By the time I had copied them out, I found I had memorized every line. Then they would surprise me by surging through me, like songs I knew by heart.”

“Some songs take women places men cannot”

“Watch carefully”

“Try to be thoughtful,”