since feeling is first... (VII) - A poem by e.e. cummings

e.e. cummings - since feeling is first... (VII)

since feeling is first
who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you;

wholly to be a fool
while Spring is in the world

my blood approves,
and kisses are a better fate
than wisdom
lady i swear by all flowers.  Don't cry
- the best gesture of my brain is less than
your eyelids' flutter which says

we are for each other; then
laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life's not a paragraph

And death i think is no parenthesis

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Poet: e.e. cummings (e.e. cummings Art) Poem: since feeling is first... (VII) Poem of the Day: Nov 30 2005 Comment 49 of 49, added on March 16th, 2009 at 8:45 PM. I am a true fan of the sonnet, but when I read this particular sonnet, the line " not even the rain has such small hands", gave a new meaning to metaphor and imagry. theresa from United States Comment 48 of 49, added on December 12th, 2008 at 9:57 PM. Dear Mr. Cummings I was reviewing your poem with my friend imam ashfaq from the local mosque. We suddenly came across the passage "my blood approves... and kisses are a far better fate than wisdom " Imam ashfaq (may allah forgive him) immediataly cried out in alarm and said that this blasphemous and infidel-like poem went against allahs word. He said that this passage advocated for the indecency of woman as "kisses" are meant for the husband alone and not "wisdom." also, we felt thaat this poem tried to encourage the use of makeup and high heels (both the tools of the devil) in women. we have issued a fatwa agaisnt this poem allah-u-akbar. Iqbal Mohammed from Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) Comment 47 of 49, added on February 12th, 2008 at 11:19 AM. I hate to break it to you... however, Mr. Cummings.. ahem.. how do I put this?? well, Cummings died in 1962. a from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, since feeling is first... (VII), has received 49 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by e.e. cummings with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: e.e. cummings Poem: since feeling is first... (VII) Last read: Feb 10 2010, 9:55AM Poem of the Day: Nov 30 2005 Viewed 77923 times. Added on February 12th, 2008 at 11:19 AM.

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