> >
> > > > Eric "God, how I hate e e cummings" the
> > Redd
> > > >
> > >
> > > Why?
> >
> > I was an English major. And a damn good one
> > at that. He was presented as this great poet.
> > Truly orginial and all that. When I read some of
> > his work it just sounded like he was writing
> > random words on the page with no grammar
> > at all. I like form and substance. Blake,
> > Hopkins, Coleridge, all those I like. They are
> > actual poets. They form their words carefully
> > and their poems have substance. e e
> > cummings doesn't seem to do this at all. I
> > also don't like Robert Frost. That might shock
> > some people but I think he is overrated as is
> > Shakespeare. I recognize Shakespeare for
> > being a good writer but he is very much
> > overrated. Sorry, I digress. I just don't like e e
> > cummings. That's about it.
> >
> > Eric the Redd
> >
>
> There are a few e e cummings poems that do say some pretty cool things.... I do agree that a lot of his poems seem rather mishmashish though.
>
> I can't agree with you on Frost or Shakespeare though.
>
> Lyn"auditioning for Romeo and Juliet in a week!"ette


e.e. cummings is the most ingeneous writer of the 20th century, although I to think that Shakespeare is overrated.