100 DAYS OF POETRY: DAY 10
to ee
By Stephen Martin
deep dive
the calendar quakes
colander
salient
salient again
boo-hoo
boo-hoo who
spirit specks sprinkle spring(s)
fortune at noon
a pop and then pop
a choo-choo train heading into
a tunnel at nite
nitrogen needed for us
nitrous oxide
needed
4
them
we whisper at each other on ham
Note:
Today I decided to write a tribute poem to one of my favorite poets, EE Cummings. I love the total freedom that his poetry emits. I also like his style and sometimes use it as a tool for my own poems. Thank you EE.
Buffalo Bill's by EE Cummings
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Between the wordplay, alliteration, interesting breaks in your formatting, and delightfully surprising ending "we whisper at each other on ham" this one was briskly enjoyable and refreshingly creative. Thanks @acousticsteveo!
Thanks Daniel. I had fun with this one. 😎
Classic goodness and you did him right! Well done.
Thank you. 😎
Great stream of consciousness. I know there is a lot more going on. Word choice and enjambment was on par. Nice work:)
Thank you I really appreciate your comments. I love what he does with enjambment and sometimes I try to do my own thing, but it's usually quite inspired by him.
He is an inspiration to lot of poets. He did quite change things.
EE Cummings. I guess there aren't so many poets I know, I should look out more.
This alliteration stood out, much like a painted thumb. I literally had to read it out to my hearing, and it sounded twice as nice . The speees (sp), I liked :)
Hoping to read more from you.
Thank you for your thoughtful comment. EE Cummings is an awesome poet I would highly suggest reading him. It's great to meet all the new poets out there. Do you have a favorite poet?
Really inspiring, @acousticsteveo.
I really, really really need to learn a lot.
Thanks you.
Thank you. 😎
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I really enjoyed reading this and would love to write poetry of this form...Could you spare some time to teach it to me on discord?
Definitely. If you see me on there then DM me and we can open up a voice chat and I can talk to you about it. In the meantime Google some EE Cummings and just read it. You'll be blown away.
That would be lovely.. I'm definitely looking forward to the voicechat... In the meantime though, I'll take your advice and read some EE Cummings...