Poetry Quote by e.e. cummings — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

““i like my body when it is with your”

“I am an i poet.”

“life's not a paragraph”

“hate blows a bubble of despair into”

“if everything happens that can't be done”

“To be nobody but”

“THIS IS WHY”

“A poem is never a put-up job, so to speak. It begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It is never a thought to begin with.”

“gathering flowers so very delicate a girl”

“He feeds upon her face by day and night,”

“All of us wild and fighting for our lives. In the fragrant wilderness of this blue night, my heart sings along with the other nocturnal beasts.”

“How does a poet know when a poem is ended? Because it lies flat, taut; nothing can be added or subtracted. How does a woman know when a marriage is over? Because of the way her life suddenly shears off in just two directions: past and future.”