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anyone lived in a pretty how town

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  anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn't he danced his did.

Women and men (both little and small)
cared for anyone not at all
they sowed their isn't they reaped their same
sun moon stars rain

children guessed (but only a few
and down they forgot as up they grew
autumn winter spring summer)
that noone loved him more by more

when by now and tree by leaf
she laughed his joy she cried his grief
bird by snow and stir by still
anyone's any was all to her

someones married their everyones
laughed their cryings and did their dance
(sleep wake hope and then)they
said their nevers they slept their dream

stars rain sun moon
(and only the snow can begin to explain
how children are apt to forget to remember
with up so floating many bells down)

one day anyone died i guess
(and noone stooped to kiss his face)
busy folk buried them side by side
little by little and was by was

all by all and deep by deep
and more by more they dream their sleep
noone and anyone earth by april
with by spirit and if by yes.

Women and men (both dong and ding)
summer autumn winter spring
reaped their sowing and went their came
sun moon stars rain

ee cummings


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  Kirby Rasch  (8/17/2009)

This is my all-time favorite poem. I used to have a black t shirt with 'one day anyone died i guess (and no one stooped to kiss his face) ' custom lettered on it in white. Needless to say I got blank stares.

Other have expressed what I feel about this poem already but I just wanted to add my voice. I first read it in 7th grad in Language Arts and it just stunned me how much I loved it.
  Russ Christman  (10/4/2007 10:24:00 AM)

Life cycles just as the earths natural cycles, but it is possible to go through our life cycle..without really living...'they sowed their isn't they reaped their same'..being just 'anyone in a pretty how town'
  tearsofblood13 ♥ you!  (9/5/2007 8:39:00 PM)

I love this poem... I love ee cummings's work anyway, and this is one of my favorites of his (even if it was my evil language arts teacher who introduced me to it) . This is definitely going to be saved...
  Peter Pan  (3/17/2007 7:19:00 AM)

It's a poem about growing older, finding love, growing even older, and ultimately, dying.
  Pam M  (10/22/2006 9:04:00 PM)

This is by far my favorite poem of all time! It's a poem about love. Anyone and Noone are actually people who are madly in love with each other. They share their lives and their dreams together and there's not any other person on earth who could understand them. They were special to each other. Then when anyone dies, they 'buried them side by side, ' meaning that they were so close that they died nearly at the exact same time that they could be buried together. This poem reminds me of my grandparents. They are just like the couple in this poem!
  Debbie Perez  (7/5/2006 11:53:00 AM)

this is one of my favorite poems of all time. when i read it... i get two feelings, loneliness and hope
  Jillxx .  (9/17/2005 8:22:00 AM)

I absolutely LOVE this poem. It's a bit difficult to fully understand, I think, because Cummings uses his words together in ways that could mean many different things. This poem seems to be partly about life's cycle. This is what immediately stands out to me....the different seasons he speaks of/seasons of life, people reaping and sowing, etc. And then there is 'anyone'....VERY interesting, me thinks!
  Michael Shepherd  (5/21/2005 5:24:00 AM)

Isn't this one of the best poems of the 20th century, especially for poets?

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