Poem: if e. e. cummings

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02 November 2016 @ 01:34 pm


if e. e. cummings

if in these drifting thoughts(sleep-scattered
or day-dissembled)there is intent
to seek or say, i would(you
and i)find sweet purpose and
the strength of all strengths
to tap in keystrokes and soft
dream words the bluest skies
    greenest meadows 
        richest earth
and all we know

we sing(now rise the chorus)the songs
and the dearest(loveliest)hardest(darkest)
shall flow forth to live among

   (now rise the chorus)

This is my official announcement of my entry into LJ Idol Season 10.

Tags: my_fic, original_fiction, poem, real lj idol

15 comments | Say what you feel

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( 15 comments — Say what you feel )

halfshellvenus on November 2nd, 2016 11:49 pm (UTC)

You can sign up for Idol and play, too.

Here's the FAQ and the Sign-Up Sheet.

Please join me. :)

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muchtooarrogant on November 3rd, 2016 12:12 am (UTC)

Splendid poem and announcement! :) Thrilled at the prospect of reading your Idol words again.

Dan

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halfshellvenus on November 3rd, 2016 12:15 am (UTC)

Thank you, Dan! It occurred to me that things like poetry (and weird punctuation and line breaks) probably don't translate well for the visually impaired, but I'm hoping it still seemed good.

Glad you're back in, too! Now we just have to make sure you stay in more than a couple of weeks-- I want to be reading more entries!

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muchtooarrogant on November 3rd, 2016 12:45 am (UTC)

"It occurred to me that things like poetry (and weird punctuation and line breaks) probably don't translate well for the visually impaired,
but I'm hoping it still seemed good."

Yeah, for speech only users the punctuation and spacing might not be communicated, but I use a braille display, and so "usually" get feedback on those kinds of things. Not, you understand, that I always understand them, but that's a totally different issue. *grin*

"Now we just have to make sure you stay in more than a couple of weeks"

Hahaha, you're echoing my own internal pep talks now. Stop that!

Dan

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caffienekitty on November 3rd, 2016 02:36 am (UTC)

Very cool poem, nicely style-resonant without seeming imitative. :-)

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halfshellvenus on November 3rd, 2016 02:51 am (UTC)

Thank you! I don't know why the urge to write my official sign-up in the style of cummings came up, but I haven't tried him before, so why not?

Some of the punctuation is a little more irksome than I remembered-- not always easy to read. I added a space in one spot where he wouldn't have, but there were others that tempted me!

Thanks for reading. :)

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murielle on November 3rd, 2016 06:02 am (UTC)

(Sigh) Yes. Just yes. A perfect, quiet, but certain, yes.

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halfshellvenus on November 3rd, 2016 09:08 pm (UTC)

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it. :)

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murielle on November 3rd, 2016 09:27 pm (UTC)

It would be wonderful if you felt like sharing your poetry on Idol. This is simply beautiful.

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swirlsofblue on November 3rd, 2016 08:34 am (UTC)

Yay!

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halfshellvenus on November 3rd, 2016 09:08 pm (UTC)

Back for more punishment! Just because... :)

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eternal_ot on November 3rd, 2016 12:12 pm (UTC)

Yippie! Great start :) Looking forward to some amazing reads yet again.

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halfshellvenus on November 3rd, 2016 09:08 pm (UTC)

Thank you very much! At least I won't be coming in from a dead stop. Almost, but not quite. :D

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rayaso on November 6th, 2016 09:25 pm (UTC)

What a great poem! At first I thought it was e.e. cummings -- you fooled me. I will get my revenge. I'm very glad you're back. I know this takes a lot of time, but Idol is better for it.

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halfshellvenus on November 7th, 2016 03:16 am (UTC)

Haha-- thank you. I know that it took awhile to make it permeate that this wasn't an actual e.e. cummings poem, but late nights are not your friend in the way that they are mine. :D

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