false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167831794m/26599.jpg 26599 2 <B>"No one else has ever made avant-garde, experimental poems so attractive to both the general and the special reader."&#151;Randall Jarrell</B><BR><BR>The one hundred and fifty-six poems here, arranged in twelve sections and introduced by E. E. Cummings's biographer, include his most popular poems, spanning his earliest creations, his vivacious linguistic acrobatics, up to his last valedictory sonnets. Also featured are thirteen drawings, oils, and watercolors by Cummings, most of them never before published.<BR><BR>The selection includes most of the favorites plus many fresh and surprising examples of Cummings's several poetic styles. The corrected texts established by George J. Firmage have been used throughout. 1247207 19 10 1994 Selected Poems total:442|5:246|4:142|3:47|2:7|1:0| 442 1953 588 32 4 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Mon Jan 14 22:24:11 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 22:26:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 02 09:19:37 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 09:23:59 -0700 2009
He's fun, he's frolicsome... and so, so whimsical.

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Favorite poems from this collection:
who are you,little i
maggie and milly and molly and may
o by the by
beyond the brittle towns asleep
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