Poemif everything happens that can’t be done
Author / PoetE. E. Cummings
TagsAbsurdity, Freedom, Imagination, Nature

if everything happens that can’t be done
(and anything’s righter
than books
could plan)
the stupidest teacher will almost guess
(with a run
skip
around we go yes)
there’s nothing as something as one

one hasn’t a why or because or although
(and buds know better
than books
don’t grow)
one’s anything old being everything new
(with a what
which
around we come who)
one’s everyanything so

so world is a leaf so tree is a bough
(and birds sing sweeter
than books
tell how)
so here is away and so your is a my
(with a down
up
around again fly)
forever was never till now

now i love you and you love me
(and books are shutter
than books
can be)
and deep in the high that does nothing but fall
(with a shout
each
around we go all)
there’s somebody calling who’s we

we’re anything brighter than even the sun
(we’re everything greater
than books
might mean)
we’re everanything more than believe
(with a spin
leap
alive we’re alive)
we’re wonderful one times one

E. E. Cummings
E. E. Cummings
14 Oct 1894 - 3 Sep 1962
Region: Central America
Period: Modernist
Movement: Modernism
Awards: Bollingen Prize, National Book Award

more poems by E. E. Cummings

Poem NameTopic
ygUDuh
when serpents bargainAbsurdity, Imagination, Nature
what if a much of a which of a windExistence, Nature, Surrealism
the boys i mean are not refined
Spring is like a perhaps handIntimacy, Rebellion, Refinement
somewhere i have never travelledIntimacy, Love, Nature
she being BrandHumor, Mechanics, Metaphor
since feeling is firstEmotion, Love, Nature
pity this busy monster, manunkindCritique, Existence, Progress
o sweet spontaneousBeauty, Critique, Nature

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