E.+E.+Cummings

=**~The Adventures of E.E. Cummings~** = On October 14, 1894 Edward Estlin Cummings was the first born child to Edward and Rebecca Cummings, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As a child, Cummings was the oldest, and he had a younger sister named Elizabeth. Cummings' father Edward Cummings was the first professor of sociology at Harvard University. His father later became a minister of Boston's most respected Unitarian churches. Cummings father was an excellent writer and speaker, influencing a fascination in languages and word play into Estlin. His mother was happy woman who loved to spend time with him and Elizabeth. Rebecca Cummings taught them to read and was an avid diary keeper. Rebecca wrote thing for Estlin in his diary encouraging him to draw pictures to go with it.
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 * Birth and family~ **

Cummings wrote many famous poems, and after his death, he had published over 25 books of poetry, prose, drawings, plays, and stories. His first published piece was a book called The Enormous Room. It was based on his experiences in the war. E.E some of his poems are, In Just-, is 5, 50 poems, and Portraits. These are only a few of the great poems by E.E. Cummings.
 * Poetry~ **

Cummings fell in love with one on his close friend's wife Elaine. He became involved with her and they had a child named Nancy. Elaine divorced her husband Scofield Thayer when Nancy was 1 and married Cummings. Soon after the wedding her sister died. Elaine had been planning the funeral for quite a while during the time Cummings ignored her and Nancy. Elaine became disgusted and ran away with Nancy. Elaine fell in love with a man in Europe and asked Cummings for a divorce. This caused Cummings to snap back to reality. It took a few months but Cummings finally agreed. Nancy grew up thinking that Scofield Thayer was her father but then found out that Cummings was her father. Cummings continued to keep his relationship with her distant. In 1929, Cummings married a vivacious woman named Anne Barton. She was unable to be faithful and to earn money, leading to their divorce in 1932. Soon after his second divorce he fell in love with Marion Morehouse. The two never properly got married, but Cummings introduced Marion as his wife to his parents. The two then stayed together till Cummings' tragic death in 1962. In his time of 3 diffrent wives, he only had one child.
 * Love life and children~ **

E. E. Cummings died September 3, 1962 from a cerberal brain hemorrhage. He collapsed while walking up the stairs at his summer home in Joy Farm. Being one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, he was a great loss to the world. But his poems still shine on today.
 * Death~ **

A quote by E. E. Cummings, in which he stated "I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance." This means that it is move productive to learn something you never knew than to teach others how do do something you don't understand as much. It really inspires change because if you don't understand something. leave the teaching to someone else, and go and learn how to do it before you try to teach someone.
 * Changed Inspired By Cummings~ **


 * Poem~ **

"when faces called flowers float out of the ground" when faces called flowers float out of the ground and breathing is wishing and wishing is having- but keeping is downward and doubting and never -it's april(yes,april;my darling)it's spring! yes the pretty birds frolic as spry as can fly yes the little fish gambol as glad as can be (yes the mountains are dancing together)

when every leaf opens without any sound and wishing is having and having is giving- but keeping is doting and nothing and nonsense -alive;we're alive,dear:it's(kiss me now)spring! now the pretty birds hover so she and so he now the little fish quiver so you and so i  (now the mountains are dancing, the mountains)

when more than was lost has been found has been found and having is giving and giving is living- but keeping is darkness and winter and cringing -it's spring(all our night becomes day)o,it's spring! all the pretty birds dive to the heart of the sky all the little fish climb through the mind of the sea (all the mountains are dancing;are dancing)


 * Photo Story~ **

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 * Some pictures of E. E. Cummings~ **

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." "Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination." " Be of love a little more careful than of anything.  " "Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question. " " To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." "Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit."

[] [] [] [] [] Berry, S. L. E.E. Cummings. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 1993. Print.
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