Sunday, October 08, 2006

Poem of the Week: 'Who knows if the moon's a balloon?' by e. e. cummings


who knows if the moon's
a balloon, coming out of a keen city
in the sky--filled with pretty people?
(and if you and i should

get into it,if they
should take me and take you into their balloon,
why then
we'd go up higher with all the pretty people

than houses and steeples and clouds:
go sailing
away and away sailing into a keen
city which nobody's ever visited, where

always
it's
Spring)and everyone's
in love and flowers pick themselves

3 comments:

englishguru said...

Thanks for your compliment. I can show you some more poems by him if you like.

englishguru said...

I will email both of you a selection if you like...

englishguru said...

Have a look at some of these...?
www.geocities.com/soho/8454/766.htm
www.geocities.com/soho/8454/76.htm
www.geocities.com/soho/8454/443.htm
www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15403
www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15406
www.poemhunter.com/p/m/poem.asp?poet=6588&poem=30523