e e cummings

[BobsterMan]

hey, i was just reading about a business that was established by e e cummings. yeah, it went bankrupt in the wall street collapse. yep... apparently it was undercapitalized.

 

[Graham]

 

[gilded]

I DON'T GET IT!

 

[cjd-player]

e e cummings was a poet / artist who was noted for signing his name will all lower case letters (no capital letters :wink and no periods after the initials.

 

[Frosty]

1(a... (a leaf falls on loneliness)

One of Cummings' poems suitable for this day in New England

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iness

- e.e.cummings

 

[gilded]

OH, THAT E. E. CUMMINGS, THE ONE THAT DOESN'T USE INITIALS OR CAPITALS?
I STILL DON'T GET IT!! :wink:

 

[Graham]

I DON'T GET IT!

Sing to her. :wink:

 

[Graham]

I STILL DON'T GET IT!! :wink:

Try a different song! :shock:

 

[john_kidder]

Also, one of Chester Gould's famous theories derived from his extensive work on fossils got its name from e e cummings's poetry as well - "punctuated equilibrium", he called it.

It occurs to me that that might be a fitting name for current market conditions - now that the meteorite of the credit crunch has caused unregulated "free" markets to go extinct, we'll be seeing multiple episodes of punctuated equilibrium as various pundits call out that the crash has reached the floor, for a moment, until we're off again on the downward slope.

A good time for students of evolutionary theory, poets and guitar players.

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And here's one of my all-time favourite ee cummings bits:

• the way to hump a cow is not
  
  
  the way to hump a cow is not
  to get yourself a stool
  but draw a line around the spot
  and call it beautifool
  
  to multiply because and why
  dividing thens by nows
  and adding and(i understand)
  is hows to hump a cows
  
  the way to hump a cow is not
  to elevate your tool
  but drop a penny in the slot
  and bellow like a bool
  
  to lay a wreath from ancient greath
  on insulated brows
  (while tossing boms at uncle toms
  is hows to hump a cows
  
  the way to hump a cow is not
  to push and then to pull
  but practicing the art of swot
  to preach the golden rull
  
  to vote for me(all decent mem
  and wonens will allows
  which if they don't to hell with them)
  is hows to hump a cows
  
  ee cummings