Holiday Poetry

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Poets Corner Whilst walking about the Isle of Wight on a recent little getaway, I chanced upon a cute little cottage, just a short walk from the sea.

Then I noticed the name of the cottage, painted on the front gate. And I looked closer to read it properly.

Poets Corner

And I thought, ‘Well, it’s certainly not the Grammarian’s Corner.’

But then I remembered that Tennyson spent many years of his life in the particular corner of the Isle of Wight in which I was rambling. So, maybe this ‘Poets Corner’ was lodging for E.E. Cummings.

And then I thought I would try to write a little E.E. Cummings style poem.

A family on holiday to the seaside goes,
under sky over cresting waves white as snows
to a place of weekend quiet
the children threw a little riot

night comes calming the nest
the children sleep but not the rest
holiday, holiday, holiday, holiday?
there has to be another way

Posted 22 Aug 2008

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8 Responses to “Holiday Poetry”

  1. Shefaly on August 22nd, 2008 8:47 am

    Whether it is “Grammarians’ corner” or ‘Grammarian’s corner” would depend on whether it is “poet’s” or “poets’”. No? As for your poem, e cummings or e goings, I don’t care ;-) [Ok this is a comment I left when another friend cited eec..]

  2. Liam on August 22nd, 2008 12:01 pm

    Hi Shefaly – Well spoken (or written, but spoken flows better here) on the grammar clarification. And very slick on the ee cummings joke. Very good.

  3. Conall on August 22nd, 2008 12:08 pm

    I wonder if “E. E. Cummings” would have opposed the capitalization and punctuation of his name?

    Incidentally,
    he is the author of my favorite poem
    “next to god of course america i“,
    which is my favorite
    though I don’t know why

  4. Liam on August 22nd, 2008 3:16 pm

    Hey Conall – A quick check on Wikipedia suggests that E.E. Cummings was not so loose with capitalisation and punctuation in his name as he was in his poetry.

    Very timely that poem you mention. Very timely indeed.

  5. mom on August 24th, 2008 7:42 pm

    when did e e cummings write anything that rhymed

  6. Liam on August 24th, 2008 11:48 pm

    hello mom –

    have a look about net
    see what you can see
    won’t take long i bet
    to see rhymes by cummings, mr. ee

    no, not every time
    nor on every line
    but often enough to say
    my poem is just fine

    it’s close enough to his style
    it’s closer than a mile
    it’s better than a big pile
    and it’ll bring some a smile

  7. mom on August 26th, 2008 1:45 pm

    i stand corrected
    not subjected
    to your amendment
    and commendment

  8. Liam on August 26th, 2008 7:12 pm

    Well said!

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