Today's Poetry Corner

That's a great poem, Dave.

Incidentally, there's a popular misconception that E.E. Cummings preferred to have his name written in lowercase. While it is true that he did sometimes sign his name in all lowercase letters, evidence (in the form of letters to his publisher) suggests that he preferred the standard spelling for his byline. It was a posthumous decision by one of his publishers to render his name in all lowercase letters, and that, regrettably, has stuck.

Or to put it another way, in English, we capitalize names as a form of honorific. Capitalization lends an air of importance, and distinguishes noteworthy beings, places and things from their commonplace counterparts. As one English teacher put it to me, "To write one's own name in lowercase letters is an act of humility. To write someone else's name in lowercase letters is an act of disrespect."

Just food for thought. :)

E.E. was a hero of my college wanna-be writer days. I recently found an issue of the literary mag I helped edit then and it has a whole lot of my efforts. Oh my.

OK, how are we supposed to transcribe this strip, smart guy?

And the collected work of e.e. cummings:

http://www.rinkworks.com/bookaminute/b/cummings.sh tml

This site is an excellent summary of many books- some of the kids books summaries are awesome. I particularly like the Cat in the Hat books and the Giving Tree

http://www.rinkworks.com/bookaminute/b/seuss.catha t.shtml

http://www.rinkworks.com/bookaminute/b/seuss.catha tback.shtml

http://www.rinkworks.com/bookaminute/b/silverstein .tree.shtml

odd... i cut and pasted, then your machine added spaces that weren't there. i'd blame text wrapping or something, but they were in the middle of the line.